Reporter's Notebook

Reporter\'s Notebook

Military Times reporters blog from the front lines all over the world. Currently, Navy Times reporter Phil Ewing is aboard the dry cargo and ammunition ship Robert E. Peary, underway in the Atlantic Ocean.
Long haul ahead
Posted by Phil Ewing on May 15th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized
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Now for the evening’s entertainment: A screening of the Civil War epic “Gods and Generals,” the prequel to the classic “Gettysburg.” But this is no ordinary screening.

No — for the first time ever, director Ron Maxwell will show his extended director’s cut, clocking in at over five hours.

Five. Hours.

That’s about 1/7th as long as the battle of Gettysburg itself.

But fear not: Your intrepid reporter will finally answer the question: Can any movie truly entertain for that long?

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