BMP Trivial Fact: Longest and Shortest Films to Win....

The longest movie to win an Oscar for Best Picture is Gone With the Wind (1939), a film based on the 1936 book by Margaret Mitchell, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. The film lasted for about 238 minutes (2 minutes short of 4 hours) including the credits and the 2 intermissions (1 at the beginning, 1 in the middle).


The shortest movie to win an Oscar for Best Picture is Marty (1955), starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. The total running time is 91 minutes. This movie was also the first best picture winner to have been based on a TV program. The story came from the 1953 TV programmed called "Marty".


Note: This fact is based on the first 81 years of the Academy Awards.

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