Indie theaters have reportedly been reminded that unofficial intermissions violate their licensing agreements for Scorsese's three-plus hour epic
Filmmaking’s ongoing war against the human bladder continues apace this week, as THR reports that studios Apple Original Films and Paramount have pushed back on independent theaters for inserting an unofficial intermission into Martin Scorsese’s new historical epic Killers Of The Flower Moon.
THR talked to people at at least a few different movie houses that have since discontinued the practice, though, after the film’s team reminded them that unauthorized intermissions constituted a violation of the film’s licensing agreements. The history of the intermission is a long one, dating back to live theater , but the practice had mostly been phased out in Western film by the middle of the 1960s.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Killers of the Flower Moon' Book to Film ComparisonMartin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon makes several changes from the David Grann book.
Read more »
What Martin Scorsese said in N.J. about ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ darkness and pizzaThe esteemed director sat down with Stephen Colbert and a packed Newark crowd for Montclair Film Festival's filmmaker tribute.
Read more »
'Killers of the Flower Moon' Intermission Spurs Studio to InterveneMartin Scorsese's feature, which runs three hours and 26 minutes, has led to debate over appropriate film length, with one individual saying about the unauthorized break: 'People were big fans of it.'
Read more »
Killers of the Flower Moon: Apple and Paramount Are Stopping Theaters From Inserting IntermissionsKillers of the Flower Moon editor Thelma Schoonmaker calls added intermissions a 'violation.'
Read more »