Monkey See 1:00 am Thu May 30, 2013  As Trailers Eat Up Movie
Time, Theaters And Studios Squabble Over Shortening Them
Originally published on Fri May 31, 2013 12:18 am  Here's a
question: If you go to the movies and the scheduled showtime is,
say, 7:30, when do you actually expect the movie to start? If
you said 7:30, you go to very unusual screenings. If you said
7:45, you're closer to what many experience. If you said 7:50,
you're still in range: There's often some advertising other than
trailers, the limit for trailer length is 2 1/2 minutes, and
theaters sometimes run seven or eight trailers. Eight would add
up to 20 minutes.  Theater owners are antsy about the long
delays and the complaints they get from patrons, and they're
asking for a change, writer Pamela McClintock tells NPR's Renee
Montagne on Thursday's Morning Edition.  McClintock recently
wrote a piece in The Hollywood Reporter about the disagreement,
in which theater owners have asked movie studios to shorten the
length of trailers from 2 1/