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Movies that take a long time before the main character appears

posted 10 months ago by Where (1500)
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King Kong is an obvious answer, but what other films take a long time before they bring in the star?

[–] Frodrick (223) 10 months ago

John Wayne first appears 23 minutes into movie Stagccoach

[–] Where (1500) 10 months ago

My dad was probably wondering if he was at the right movie. He was a big fan of JW.

[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 10 months ago

Alien

[–] samoanjoes (56726) 10 months ago

That's supporting.

[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 10 months ago

But……it’s……called……Alien

[–] samoanjoes (56726) 10 months ago

It's called "The Thing" but Kowalski never makes an appearance.

[–] samoanjoes (56726) 10 months ago

Frances McDormand is the lead in Fargo, but doesn't appear until the 33rd minute. The total length in 98 minutes.

[–] Where (1500) 10 months ago

And she won an Oscar for it! Bold.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 10 months ago

Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element. Don't know the exact time but it's a while before he appears.

And I don't know if this counts but it takes like an hour before Batman appears in Batman Begins.

[–] samoanjoes (56726) 10 months ago

The whole Luke Perry stuff is 10 minutes.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 10 months ago

The slow moving Alien is another 10 minutes or so. Haha

[–] DrexlBickle (2387) 10 months ago

Psycho

[–] TalkinPikchorBox (2250) 10 months ago

LOTR...12 minutes into the movie before you actually meet Frodo.

Beetlejuice too if you consider Micheal Keton the main character.

[–] RoboReCop (3302) 10 months ago

'Once Upon A Time In The West', if I remember correctly (about 15 mins I think).

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21466) 10 months ago

Are you talking about Jill McBain?

[–] [deleted] 10 months ago

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