a feature film is a film (also called a movie or motion picture) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole film to fill a program. the notion of how long this should be has varied according to time and place. according to the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, american film institute, and british film institute, a feature film runs for 40 minutes or longer, while the screen actors guild states that it is 80 minutes or longer. the majority of feature films are between 70 and 210 minutes long. the corbett-fitzsimmons fight (1897, america) is considered the first feature documentary (it runs at 1 hour and 40 minutes). the story of the kelly gang (at around 60 min) is considered to be the first dramatic feature film, and was released in australia in 1906. the first feature-length adaptation was les misÃ©rables which was released in 1909. other early feature films include the inferno (l'inferno) (1911), quo vadis? (1912), oliver twist (1912), richard iii (1912), from the manger to the cross (1912), and cleopatra (1912). ==description==  the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, the american film institute,the american film institute catalog of motion pictures and the british film institutedenis gifford, the british film catalogue all define a feature as a film with a running time of 2400 seconds (i.e. 40 minutes) or longer. the centre national de la cinÃ©matographie in france defines it as a 35&nbsp;mm film longer than , which is exactly 58 minutes and 29 seconds for sound films, and the screen actors guild gives a minimum running time of at least 80 minutes. today, feature films average two hours in length; with children's films typically shorter. == history == [[file:the story of the kelly gang 1906.jpg|thumb|actor
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