3 hours ago, AliceT said:

Did everyone read the interview? I enjoyed it. One thing that struck me that I found particularity interesting is when he refers to his sister. He could be using it figuratively but it’s possible he’s referring to his niece. If his dad/ step mom adopted her then I guess technically she’d be both his sister and niece.

DiCaprio: I remember with my little sister and her friends, they asked, “What was it like?” I lived in the days where there was an answering machine, and when you had plans, you either needed to be there on time, or you’d call on a pay phone to check your answering machine to see if they left a message, to see if they were going to be late. And then you’d have to call their answering machine so they could check their answering machine. They were like, “You guys must have never had plans—how did you ever communicate?” There was a lot of waiting around; you had to stick to your word.

Yes, he was talking about Normandie, she's both his niece and sister, she was adopted by Peggy and George, she's a DiCaprio too.

‘One Battle After Another’ Rated R — Runtime is 161 Minutes [Update]

UPDATE: It’s official, “One Battle After Another” has received an R Rating for "Pervasive Language, Violence, Sexual Content, and Drug Use"

EARLIER: Boston’s Coolidge Corner Theater lists the runtime at 2 hours and 41 minutes, which aligns with my earlier information. It’s worth noting that only about 10 to 15 minutes have been trimmed since the initial test screening back in the spring.

EARLIER: An internal Warner Bros. PR document, dated from mid-July, has Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” having a runtime of 160 minutes.

Anderson is known for making deliberately paced, character-driven films, and several of his films run well past the two-hour mark. However, if the runtime sticks, “One Battle After Another” would be the second longest film of his career, 28 minutes behind “Magnolia” which was 188 minutes.

In fact, ‘One Battle’ would longer than such PTA epics as “There Will Be Blood” (158 minutes), “Boogie Nights” (155 minutes), and “The Master” (144 Minutes).

‘One Battle,’ by all accounts, is done post-production, and will likely be MPA rated in the coming weeks, or even days. Will it be rated R? PTA has directed nine films in his career, all of then Rated R. People who have seen it tell me there’s no way around it.

Bummer if true

Box-Office: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tracking Lower Than ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ — $20-22M Opening

Warner Bros. is currently in the middle of a hot streak, achieving a historic feat by releasing six consecutive films that each grossed over $40M in their opening weekends. That streak might, sadly, come to a halt next month.

Puck’s Matt Belloni reports that, six weeks out, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is facing lower numbers than his “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

Scorsese’s ‘Killers,’ an acclaimed 3.5-hour epic, had a domestic opening weekend of approximately $23M, playing in over 3,600 theaters. As it stands, the 161-minute “One Battle After Another,” which has yet to be seen by the press, is tracking at $20M–$22M.

This film is an enormous gamble. After all, PTA’s biggest hit, “There Will Be Blood,” only pulled in $76M worldwide. Sure, this new one stars Leonardo DiCaprio and is leaning heavily on an IMAX rollout, but at this point it feels like the very definition of a RISK.

More recently, PTA himself described his career and style as “box-office challenged.” Yet “One Battle After Another” will be his biggest commercial swing, with a reported budget anywhere from $150M–$175M.

It cost a big pile of dough, and die-hard PTA mavens aside, the mainstream isn’t especially interested—even with DiCaprio figuring prominently in the film’s marketing. Hopefully, the reviews are raves, and this film can be somewhat successful.

For the record, I genuinely hope it succeeds. A major-budget PTA hit could open the door for even bolder projects—both for him and for studios willing to take a chance. Nobody wants this to fail. The exciting part is that PTA basically got a blank check to make whatever he wanted.

And I love how he somehow convinced Warner Bros. to drop $175M on a Thomas Pynchon adaptation. Did they even realize the story is loosely drawn from Vineland? Maybe not. I can totally picture PTA pitching the project without ever mentioning Pynchon’s name once.

On 8/16/2025 at 6:34 PM, Roxane said:

Congratulations Jade !! What a beautiful baby ! I wish you both the best !!

Thx a lot he grows and thrives he's my life 🍀