A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More runs 15.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Ferrone
Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
357 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More is an audiobook by Paul Hirsch: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released January 7, 2020, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Ferrone
- Released
- January 7, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781094008882
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More as an audiobook?
A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More?
A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More is narrated by Richard Ferrone.
Is A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.