Screen Time Central: An Introduction

This website is the final result of an ambitious task I undertook back in 2007. It started with me wondering just how much screen time Frances McDormand has in Fargo, and I realized that the only way to find out was to time her performance myself. I did, and from then on, I was hooked. I set out to time every Oscar-winning performance, and soon expanded the task to include every nominated performance. It took eight years to get through the winners and an additional four to finish the entire project.

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Now, when I say the project is finished, I mean as finished as possible. There are five pesky performances that 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)

Betty Compson - The Barker (1928)

Richard Barthelmess - The Noose (1928)

Lewis Stone - The Patriot (1928)

Lawrence Tibbett - The Rogue Song (1930)



I'm proud to share (and will annually update) this complete directory of Oscar-nominated performance screen times. Check out the "Beyond the Oscars" page for non-Oscar nominated performances. If you have any requests there, feel free to contact me through Twitter.

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- Matthew

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