Welcome to Screen Time Central!
My passion for compiling screen time data began nearly 20 years ago when, upon realizing there was no other way to satisfy my curiosity about the performance lengths in Fargo, I decided to time them myself. From there, I set out to time every Oscar-winning performance and soon expanded the task to include every Oscar-nominated performance. Since I launched this website in 2019, tens of thousands of people have accessed the data I once wished had been at my fingertips.
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I must note that there are five pesky Oscar-nominated performances I cannot time because they are from films that are either lost or currently unavailable. They are:​​
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Emil Jannings - The Way of All Flesh (1927)
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Betty Compson - The Barker (1928)
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Richard Barthelmess - The Noose (1928)
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Lewis Stone - The Patriot (1928)
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Lawrence Tibbett - The Rogue Song (1930)
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I define screen time as any time an actor can be seen on screen (even partially) or heard off screen. I also count any film's credits as part of its total running time. I do not count contiguous moments when an actor remains in a scene but is completely silent and non-visible.
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I'm proud to share (and will annually update) this complete directory of Oscar-nominated performance screen times. Check out the "Beyond the Oscars" section for data on non-Oscar nominated performances (including some from TV). Here's hoping you find as much joy in perusing the data as I do in calculating it.
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- Matthew
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