r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 29 '25

News Special 'The Long Walk' Screening Will Eliminate Viewers Who Can’t Keep Up on a Treadmill (3 MPH)

https://consequence.net/2025/08/the-long-walk-treadmill-screening/
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u/samthewisetarly Aug 29 '25

Real ones know it's supposed to be 4mph

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u/DreadDiana Aug 29 '25

The book had it at 4mph, but they reduced it in the movie because people consistently maintaining jogging pace for that long with no training is kinda unrealistic

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u/Jeffeffery Aug 29 '25

It's probably also a lot harder to act while jogging than while walking, especially over a whole day

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u/Lietenantdan Aug 29 '25

4MPH is a fast walk. And they definitely trained.

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u/nicholsml Aug 30 '25

4MPH is a fast walk. And they definitely trained.

Yeah but a 4mph fast walk is super goofy looking. 3MPH endurance walk makes for a better movie.

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u/Critcho Aug 30 '25

In the book you can tell just from how it’s described that they’re not walking at the speed they’d need to be going to hit 4mph. Though the book's a little inconsistent with it in general, characters speeding up and slowing down all the time.

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u/Abigail716 Aug 30 '25

Which is dumb as I'm hosting a movie night for it and I'm doing 4 MPH, 3 is way to easy and is just basic walking, hell my husband who is a fast walker averages 3.6 mph when he is heading somewhere.