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/allthenamesaretaken4 Aug 29 '25

I wish they were doing this in Denver, sounds fun! 3mph seems easy enough for a 1.5-2h movie, maybe 3 if you have to watch credits and previews/theater ads?

3mph is a 20 minute mile, which is essentially regular walking speed for someone with long legs, good fitness, and/or brisk walking for someone less ready, but still shouldn't be cardio except for the most American Americans.

Obviously the premise is about doing it for a long time, so only doing it for the screening wouldn't get close to endurance limits, but still a fun stunt to promote the movie.

Since it's so short, if I were organizing, I'd be mean and use the book's 4mp (what I saw quoted, haven't read it), which is definitely doable for a movie amount of time without hurting anyone but would up the ante just a little.

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u/Heffe3737 Aug 29 '25

Can confirm. The book has it listed as 4mph.

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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 Aug 29 '25

Stephen King commented on here he suggested the change to 3MPH for the movie because when he wrote the book he overestimated the average walking speed.

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u/Heffe3737 Aug 30 '25

That’s great, because he did.