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How Long Is “Super 8”?

Name: Super 8
Genre: SF, mystery & suspense, suspense/thriller, coming of age
Released: 2011-06-09
Duration: 112 min
Cast: Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich

1h 52m runtime

20111h 52mSF • mystery & suspense • suspense/thriller • coming of age

SF film with a runtime of 112 minutes, released in 2011. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 52m

Minutes112

One SittingYes

With Break2h 4m

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Writer/director J.J. Abrams teams with producer Steven Spielberg for this period sci-fi thriller set in the late '70s, and centering on a mysterious train crash in a small Ohio town. Summer, 1979: a group of young friends are filming a Super-8 movie when a pickup truck derails a speeding train. When the locals start to disappear and even the inquisitive deputy can't come up with answers, suspicions emerge that the incident was anything but an accident. As the truth finally begins emerge, no one is prepared to learn what now stalks the unsuspecting citizens of this once quiet community. Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning star.

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Runtime1h 52m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break2h 4m

Movie Facts

Release DateJune 9, 2011

Runtime1h 52m

LanguageEnglish

GenresSF, mystery & suspense, suspense/thriller, coming of age

DirectorJ.J. Abrams

ProducerJ.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk

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