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2 people watch 123 hours of movies in NYC
08:18 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 8, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- You may want to try this at home.
Suresh Joachim , of Toronto, and Claudia Wavra , of Germany, claim to have broken the world record for continuous movie watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in a plexi-glass house in Times Square.
A Guinness World Records spokesman says it appears the non-dynamic duo have broken the movie-watching record but says it will take two weeks to officially verify.
The attempt began Oct. 2 when eight challengers started watching "Iron Man." After 72 hours, only two remained. They watched "Thelma and Louise" until the end on 3:10 p.m. Tuesday.
Susan Sarandon, a star of that film, dropped off the final film.
The rules: Each movie had to be viewed until the last credit rolled, and competitors could not divert their eyes from the screen. They were allowed 10-minute breaks between movies.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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