The running time listed on Amazon UK is an error. They've used the PAL running time. Odeon's website gives the running time as 149 minutes. Also, it's traditional if a film has a first release in a country to refer to it as the first ever release - although it makes little sense in today's international market place.
I saw the film when it was first released in London and according to the BBFC had a running time of 164 minutes and was also cut! However that time no doubt included the intermission. I recall it as being a big box office success in the UK yet strangely soon became forgotten.
