OOTP 138 mins long
The British Board of Film Classification has revealed that the fifth Harry Potter movie will be 138 minutes long. Also, the movie will be rated 12A in the UK and PG-13 in the US (as we reported previously).
Posted by Ciaran on May 26th | 236 Comments
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Posted by Allymarieus May 26th 2007

YAY!


Posted by DADARULES May 26th 2007

#2 coool


Posted by RaspberryMuffin May 26th 2007

That...is....WAY too short!


Posted by sirius_rox May 26th 2007

Cool!!!


Posted by Harleen May 26th 2007

cooooooooool [:


Posted by beccat_hermione May 26th 2007

WAY tooo short!!!!! n >: O


Posted by hpmaniac May 26th 2007

wowwowowowowowowowowowowo w #6!


Posted by ctash1212 May 26th 2007

Blasphemy! The longest book has the shortest running time? Something doesn't seem right...


Posted by alex_c98 May 26th 2007

Gah that's so short!! Grr they should have pulled an LotR and made an extended edition for the hard core fans...


Posted by HPobsessed08 May 26th 2007

that is WAY too short!!


Posted by Hermione17 May 26th 2007

omg why? thats way too short !


Posted by ironhead1792 May 26th 2007

thats booty this movie should be way longer


Posted by WeasleyGirl May 26th 2007

isn't that shorter than the last one? which was like 258 minutes or something like that....it should be longer!!!!!! we need more Potter time!!! I would happy sit through a 4 hour Potter movie :)!!


Posted by meant2be_a_marauder May 26th 2007

noooooooooooooooooo...... .......it's the shortest of all..that's not good :(


Posted by AL_loves_DanR May 26th 2007

its about 2hr 20min off the top of my head (and im not really good at maths haha) that seems a resonable time, for a movie. i would have liked it to be longer but what can you do? and i think the catagory should be "movie 5" not "book 5" haha :P


Posted by tonksinlimegreenflipflops May 26th 2007

How dare they make it the shortest!!!!!! GAH!


Posted by Ordinaryday336 May 26th 2007

That's less than two and a half hours!!! >:(


Posted by AntiUmbrisge16 May 26th 2007

It's short but I'm sure it'll be an awesome movie still! It is what it is and I can't wait to see it!!!!! Last 20 minutes in 3D woot woot!!


Posted by Kay May 26th 2007

meh... well, its more than 2 hours, but... still seems too short.......


Posted by kooldude10694 May 26th 2007

THAT'S TOO SHORT! And that is with the credits! They're getting way too short! And since over half of the trailer is at the Minsitry of Magic, I woulda thought, that would take up at least an hour like the maze in GOF did ( well, almost)! I DEMAND A LONGER MOVIE!


Posted by xhproxx May 26th 2007

grrrrr...... thats only 2hrs and 20 min. this is the longest book and the shortest movie, and the chamber of secrets was like the longest movie but the shortest book...Weird


Posted by LindseyBindsey May 26th 2007

2hrs 18mins... that's cool with me. I'm dreading listening to MuggleCast cos I know I'll have to listen to Eric and Andrew moaning about how "short" it is. But there's always the fast forward button! :)


Posted by SiriusEqualsLuv May 26th 2007

i think 2 hours is long enough...


Posted by padfoot186 May 26th 2007

oh booo it could be a lil longer lol. but i will enjoy every minute of it!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by july21tillhp7 May 26th 2007

good! longer then i thought it woulda been =)


Posted by SCPGOH_ad24 May 26th 2007

as long as the movie is fantastic, the time won't matter. on the other hand, if the movie is bad....


Posted by braders101 May 26th 2007

WHAT! THE LONGEST BOOK... SHORTEST TIME SO FAR somthings WRONG here!


Posted by sary May 26th 2007

Ugh..Too short!! Ahh well... I just better be good!!


Posted by Laurra May 26th 2007

So much magic, so little time..


Posted by Padfoot_SiriusBlack May 26th 2007

Gosh, Thats only like 2 hours and 18 mins! That is too Short! Come on atleast 3 hours!


Posted by photogenicmusic May 26th 2007

Hmm, 860 pages turned into 2.3 hours? I don't know...but if they managed to make it awesome, that's all that counts. I just saw POTC3 last night and it was 3 hours long, so I don't see why they can't make OOTP 3 hours long too. I'm sure they could have put more in the movie, like 'Accio Brain!', because that's my favorite part in the whole series and I won't get to see it on film. Ah well, my imagination is just as good I guess.


Posted by christianaeg May 26th 2007

NOO!!! Too short!!!!! It's an 870 page book!! wa.. I am sad! ah well.... I really don't care that much about OotP Movie anymore..... DH is what's really important


Posted by Slytherin_vs_Hufflepuff May 26th 2007

*chanting* Too short! Too short! Too short! I saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and it was almost three hours long! Movie7 HAS to be at least 3 hours long- they could have an intermission like they did in "Gone With the Wind." All the hard-core fans would sit through a 3+ HP movie!!


Posted by potterluva9393 May 26th 2007

that's pretty short! how does that math work out! 870 pages=138 minutes? I'm about to see Pirates of the Caribbean tonight and it is like 3 hours long!


Posted by s786k May 26th 2007

aww short. but at leas t** over 2hrs!


Posted by RaspberryMuffin May 26th 2007

I wonder if there will be 10,000+ deleted scenes on the DVD....


Posted by fanaticallyobsessed May 26th 2007

The reading of the book took a minimum of eight hours; the movie, give or take some minutes, should AT LEAST be a bloody three hours! It's the LONGEST book, Warner Bros. Do you REALLY think that the Harry Potter Fandom is so non-strong that it won't be able to sit through a four hour-long movie, let alone three?


Posted by Sahrious May 26th 2007

well.. That just ruined my day. *shakes head*..either they skipped EVERYTHING!! Or.. they put in Most things.. and made them go really fast .. which makes the acting HORRIBLE!! ugh.. i guess its just now time to wait until it comes out to see for sure how well it turned out...


Posted by gallivespian May 26th 2007

2 hours and 18 minutes sounds about right. General movie-goers always complain about movies being too long (even when the movie is quite good), and anything over 2.5 hours would have been just that. HP is popular, yes, but it's no Lord of the Rings to get away with 3+ hours. The first two HP movies were longer, and consider the size of those books compared to OOTP! If they had not kept everything from those first two books in the movies, they'd have been considerably shorter and maybe purists wouldn't complain about the length of the HP movies from GOF on.


Posted by crohnsgirl May 26th 2007

hey it works for me! as long as it's good i dont care how long it is....plus more than that would probably just get ridiculous after awhile (like the 2nd pirates) and i'm a dedicated fan...so woohoo!


Posted by hpprincessa May 26th 2007

omg this isn't right it's waaay too short! i thought it would be longer! grr..oh well..i still can't wait! : )


Posted by TheDogStar12 May 26th 2007

That's so short. >_< I was expecting at least 2 and a half hours... This means they're editing out so much. Gah! =(


Posted by potterlovver814 May 26th 2007

138 minutes of awesomeness!! :D The longer, the better if you ask me. I can't wait!!!


Posted by Lunarian May 26th 2007

wow...i thought it would be longer. hope we're not getting a seriously butchered movie here. Not an "Eragon", please! *begs*


Posted by SpaceyStacey May 26th 2007

Yaaaaaay another long Hary Potter flick! :D


Posted by Mayrelle012 May 26th 2007

that's so short. :(


Posted by Quiscalus May 26th 2007

Hmm. Not bad. I do wish they would extend it to 3 hours. I don't think too many people would mind. Ah, well. Not complaining. As long as the movie is good.


Posted by StrawberryKiwi May 26th 2007

That's alright I suppose. I was looking for an extra 10 minutes at least, but I think GOF was about the same length.


Posted by kaze_ May 26th 2007

They'd better make either HBP or DH at least 3 hours. Seriously, isn't it mostly about making a good movie and pleasing the fans? HP fans don't mind a lengthy HP movie at all. Ignore the general movie-goers who complain about the length; most of them don't understand HP, anyway, since they only know the movies' story.


Posted by Hermy_T May 26th 2007

Dang! I wanted it to be really long... how are they going to fit all of the scenes in :(




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