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when I look at the current speed run record, I see that Bloobiebla & MrGrunz have finished the game in 20 minutes and 9 seconds
The linked 20:09 run is not the current Ocarina of Time speedrun record. It is a 2014 tool-assisted speedrun, while Speedrun.com lists the Any% world record at 3:47.900 by CountLG.
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The linked video is a TASVideos publication, not the current standard speedrun record. TASVideos identifies it as a tool-assisted speedrun and says it was published on January 26, 2014. TASVideos also states that republications of its movies must be "prominently labeled as tool-assisted speedruns," confirming that this is a TAS rather than a normal real-time world record.
By contrast, the community leaderboard on Speedrun.com lists the current Any% record for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as 3:47.900 by CountLG, far faster than 20:09. So the article's statement that the Bloobiebla & MrGrunz run is "the current speed run record" is incorrect.
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- N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by Bloobiebla & MrGrunz in 20:09.98 - Movie #2518 - TASVideos
Published on 1/26/2014 ... In this TAS of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ... Republication of movies from this site is only allowed under the following conditions: ... The movies must be prominently labeled as tool-assisted speedruns.
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Speedrun.com
Any% ... CountLG ... 3m 47s 900ms ... 1 year ago ... 1st.
he could shoot the film in ten days
El Mariachi is generally documented as having been shot in 14 days, not 10. Library of Congress sources describe Rodriguez making it in two weeks and note the same 14-day shooting constraint when later recreating the challenge.
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Multiple credible sources contradict the claim that El Mariachi was shot in ten days.
The Library of Congress's National Film Registry writeup says the film was "Directed, edited, co-produced, and written in two weeks" by Rodriguez. A separate Library of Congress essay on the film explains that when Rodriguez later recreated the El Mariachi challenge for new filmmakers, they had to follow the same constraints he originally had: a $7,000 budget and fourteen days to shoot. A contemporaneous Los Angeles Times review also described the film as having been "Shot in 16mm, in 14 days."
Taken together, these sources support the well-known account that El Mariachi was shot in roughly two weeks / 14 days, not ten days.
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- 2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates | Library of Congress
Directed, edited, co-produced, and written in two weeks by Robert Rodriguez for $7,000 while a film student at the University of Texas, “El Mariachi” proved a favorite on the film festival circuit.
- Robert Rodriguez at South by Southwest, March 15, 2013
[Filmmakers] had to adhere to the same constraints he had when he made “El Mariachi.” They each were given a $7,000 budget ... [and] would need to complete shooting in fourteen days.
- MOVIE REVIEWS : 'El Mariachi' Promising but Derivative Debut - Los Angeles Times
Shot in 16mm, in 14 days, the film (citywide) was transferred to 35mm by Columbia Pictures and has a refurbished soundtrack.