In this booklet, you’ll learn why you would ever willingly watch 24 straight hours of movies, how to pick the movies you’ll actually watch, and how to organize and hold a successful movie marathon. You’ll also get a bunch of reference material for further advice, movie ideas, and war stories from movie marathons past.Reading this booklet and following its advice will change your life. You’ll stand taller, knowing that you successfully stayed awake slouching in front of a TV screen for 24 hours. You’ll be more cultured, having crammed an abnormal number of movies into your lifespan. You’ll be more attractive to others, as you regale them with your movie-inspired wit and tales of movie-watching endurance. And, of course, you’ll be able to host one darn good movie-marathon party.Topics include:• Are you nuts? Why would you do this?• Choosing a theme, and getting movie ideas• Strategies for narrowing down the ideas• The art and science of setting the schedule• Considerations for acquiring the movies• What food to serve, how much, and whenAppendices include:• References to other “how to” movie-marathon articles• Movie marathon ideas, including links, runtimes, and short descriptions, from eight past movie marathons• A host checklist• A sample host agenda(Booklet: 21,555 words)
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