Running Time (film)
{{Short description|1997 American crime thriller film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Running Time
| image = Running Time (film).png
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Josh Becker
| screenplay = Josh Becker
Peter Choi
| story = Peter Choi
| starring = Bruce Campbell
Jeremy Roberts
Anita Barone
| producer = Josh Becker
Jane Goe
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1997}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| music = Joseph LoDuca
| cinematography = Kurt Rauf
| editing = Raymond Berthaud
Kaye Davis
| gross =
| budget =
}}
Running Time is a 1997 independent crime thriller film written, produced & directed by Josh Becker. Principal cast members are Bruce Campbell, Jeremy Roberts and Anita Barone.
The movie was filmed in real time similar to Robert Wise's noir boxing film The Set-Up (1949). It also tracks as a continuous take with no cuts, rather like Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948). For aesthetic and practical reasons, Becker opted for black & white, offering a neo-Noir feel and giving him fewer problems in scene transitions. Bruce Campbell stated in an interview that Running Time is the film he is most proud of.
Plot
Cast
- Bruce Campbell – Carl Matushka
- Jeremy Roberts – Patrick
- Anita Barone – Randi/Janie
- William Stanford Davis – Buzz
- Gordon Jennison Noice – Donny
- Art LaFleur – Warden Emmett E. Walton
- Dana Craig – Mr. Mueller
- Curtis Taylor – Prison guard
- Bridget Hoffman – Receptionist
Reception
Running Time received mixed reviews from critics. Dennis Schwartz of "Ozus' World Movie Reviews" gave it a negative review, calling it "the kind of dumb movie where you are encouraged to laugh at the pathetic losers on the screen". Super reviewer Patrick Dolan thought the film was "actually pretty engrossing. This is a great experiment, that I really enjoyed the hell out of for the most part", and fellow super reviewer Christopher Brown gave a positive review, calling it a "great low budget Becker film which follows Hitchcock's Rope in trying to make it seem like it's taken in one shot. The story is forgettable, though Bruce is in it, but the filmmaking is very memorable".
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19990218150156/http://www.beckerfilms.com/page3.html The making of Running Time]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051111062616/http://www.avrev.com/dvd/revs/runningtime.shtml DVD review]
- {{IMDb title|0120042}}
{{Josh Becker}}
Category:1997 crime thriller films
Category:American crime thriller films
Category:Films directed by Josh Becker (filmmaker)
Category:1990s English-language films