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Box Set Honorable Mention: Police Academy

Ok. “Honorable Mention” is a bit of a stretch. In fact, a Police Academy box set / movie marathon makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit.But, it is indeed a box set that exits, there are seven movies in the box set, and those seven movies will get you most of the way through a 24-hour marathon.

This box set isn’t enough for a movie marathon all by itself. But, if just can’t get enough of that dreamboat Steve Guttenberg, then take this box set, throw in some Cocoon, Short Circuit, 3 Men and a Baby, and you will have yourself a marathon. I wish you good luck in your 1980’s dreamland.

24 Hour Movie Marathon #5: The Final New Re-birthening – Revised Schedule

My wife and I have decided to experiment with “kid friendly zones” in our movie marathons and have updated this year’s schedule accordingly. 5:00 PM – 9:30 PM and 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM will be a mix of live-action and animated features suitable to younger children.

All of our previous movie marathons have been adult-oriented, so this will be a first-of-a-kind for us!

Start Time	End Time	Title	Year	Runtime	Break time
12:00 PM	02:23 PM	Skyfall	2012	143 min.	37 min.
03:00 PM	05:08 PM	The Magnificent Seven	1960	128 min.	22 min.
05:30 PM	07:36 PM	Swiss Family Robinson	1960	126 min.	24 min.
08:00 PM	09:26 PM	The Iron Giant	1999	86 min.	19 min.
09:45 PM	11:47 PM	Streetcar named Desire	1951	122 min.	13 min.
12:00 AM	01:39 AM	The Legend of Drunken Master	1994	99 min.	6 min.
01:45 AM	03:39 AM	The Big Sleep	1946	114 min.	6 min.
03:45 AM	05:42 AM	The Big Lebowski	1998	117 min.	3 min.
05:45 AM	07:13 AM	Mad Max	1979	88 min.	2 min.
07:15 AM	08:36 AM	Jiro Dreams of Sushi	2011	81 min.	9 min.
08:45 AM	10:18 AM	Brave	2012	93 min.	12 min.
10:30 AM	11:56 AM	My Neighbor Totoro	1988	86 min.	4 min.
12:00 PM	12:00 PM	Finish

Refined 2013 Movie Marathon Schedule

The close-to-final 2013 movie marathon schedule?

Start Time	Title	Year	Runtime	Break time
12:00 PM	Skyfall	2012	143 min.	37 min.
03:00 PM	The Magnificent Seven	1960	128 min.	7 min.
05:15 PM	Rebel without a Cause	1955	111 min.	9 min.
07:15 PM	The Big Sleep	1946	114 min.	21 min.
09:30 PM	Streetcar named Desire	1951	122 min.	13 min.
11:45 PM	The Legend of Drunken Master	1994	99 min.	6 min.
01:30 AM	The Dark Crystal	1982	93 min.	12 min.
03:15 AM	The Big Lebowski	1998	117 min.	3 min.
05:15 AM	Jiro Dreams of Sushi	2011	81 min.	9 min.
06:45 AM	Short Films	Various	30 min.	0 min.
07:15 AM	Mad Max	1979	88 min.	2 min.
08:45 AM	Brave	2012	93 min.	12 min.
10:30 AM	My Neighbor Totoro	1988	86 min.	4 min.
12:00 PM	Finish	0	min.	min.

Starting to plan our 2013 Movie Marathon

My wife and I are starting to plan out our 2013 Movie Marathon, to be held sometime in the fall. We are still just in the ideas stage. I wrote down a few ideas we had in the table below. The usual rules we follow are:

Movies we haven’t seen before
Movies that we want to see or “should” see.

We’ve had some good success in the past asking for ideas from friends (i.e. Run Lola Run). If you have some ideas, please leave a comment below!

Skyfall	2012	143 min.
Les Miserables	2012	158 min.
The Magnificent Seven	1960	128 min.
Inception	2010	148 min.
The Thing	1982	109 min.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	108 min.
Diabolique	1955	116 min.
Solaris	1972	167 min.
The Big Lebowski	1998	117 min.
The Legend of Drunken Master	1994	99 min.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi	2011	81 min.
The Treasure of Sierra Madre	1948	126 min.

Someone did it: James Bond Movie Marathon

So I mentioned a while back the idea of a James Bond movie marathon. The James Bond franchise has the distinction of being the only box set that you can easily purchase that would fill up an entire 24-hour movie marathon and then some (2.25 in fact).

But breaking up the franchise into 24-hour movie marathons is so awkward! What to do? Someone actually went out and had a 50-hour James Bond movie marathon. Ugh. Even knowing they had designated sleep breaks, this would be just too brutally long and repetitive to me.

The last line says it all:

We still love the 007 films, but perhaps a straight run isn’t the best way to tackle them. Like a shaken-not-stirred vodka martini, these movies are best enjoyed in moderation!
Read more: http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/at-the-movies/a409711/james-bond-marathon-watching-all-22-films-with-sky-movies-007.html#ixzz2Zv98sbh8
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Want to try this yourself? The Bond 50 box set from Amazon has everything you need!