Longest Movie Ever - The Cure For Insomnia

The Cure For Insomnia Longest Movie EverThe longest movie ever, according to the Guinness Book Of World Records, is ‘The Cure For Insomnia‘. It is directed by John Henry Timmis IV and was released in 1987. It runs for 5220 minutes (87 hours!!!) and has no plot whatsoever. The film mostly consists of the poet, L.D. Groban, reciting his own poem which is 4,080 pages(!!!!) long and has clips of pornography and metal music videos inter-sliced into his reading.

The film was basically an experiment designed to reprogram the biological clocks of insomniacs so they can sleep again. I would love to find out what the results of the experiment were and who suggested this is a movie in the first place?

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April 19, 2008 | Filed Under General 
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9 Responses to “Longest Movie Ever - The Cure For Insomnia”

  1. Jean on April 19th, 2008 11:12 am

    It seems like it would cure them! I’d be asleep after 10 minutes!

  2. Bleneral on April 19th, 2008 7:24 pm

    Just reading how long it is makes me want to go to sleep :D

  3. Ryne on April 19th, 2008 7:26 pm

    A guy I know has actually seen this movie.
    I don’t think I could ever watch it.

  4. Reel Ninja on April 19th, 2008 9:03 pm

    Wow Ryne, are you serious? Could we get his comments on the movie? It would great to have someone who has actually seen it, tell us what he thought :)

  5. Nanu on April 20th, 2008 12:39 am

    If I ever have 87 hours to kill, I am doubtful that even in the case of insomnia, that I’d watch someone read poetry… I fear that might invoke a strong desire to raid my kitchen drawer for something sharp!

  6. Petra on April 20th, 2008 3:28 pm

    What’s really pathetic about this movie is that someone(s) actually took the time to create and market it. Money was spent on it.

    Sad.

  7. Ryne on April 23rd, 2008 1:10 pm

    Reel Ninja - I could ask him, but he’s quite weird. He’s pretty eccentric and he thinks he’s a genius, so he probably wouldn’t be a good guy to ask about the movie.

    It figures that he would be the one to have seen this movie.

  8. Reel Ninja on April 23rd, 2008 1:20 pm

    haha, I see what you are saying, let’s not get sucked into something we did not bargain for. Point taken :)

  9. HaileyMae87 on June 3rd, 2008 3:02 am

    I want to see this movie, where would I be able to get a copy of this film……I have a few people from work that want to see if we can watch the thing…..using the buddy system to keep awake lol. If any one knows where I can get a copy of this film please let me know. Thank you

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