Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

While drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum.

Director:

Gareth Carrivick

Writer:

Jamie Mathieson

Stars:

Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Chris O'Dowd	...	Ray
Marc Wootton	...	Toby
Dean Lennox Kelly	...	Pete
Anna Faris	...	Cassie
Meredith MacNeill	...	Millie
Ray Gardner	...	Mellor
Nick Ewans	...	Barry
Arthur Nightingale	...	Old Man

Storyline

The script, written by Jamie Mathieson, follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub. Faris plays a girl from the future who sets the adventure in motion.

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Plot Keywords:

time travel | time travel comedy | pub | time travel agency | time machine | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Official Sites:

BBC Films

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 April 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

Le Petit Guide du Voyage dans l'Espace

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Films, Dog Lamp Films, HBO Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Ray first meets Cassie she is wearing a necklace with a butterfly; possibly a nod to one of the most famous time travel short stories, 'A Sound of Thunder' by Ray Bradbury, where a time traveler changes the future (his present) by stepping on a butterfly in the distant past.

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Goofs

In the café after Ray gets fired from his job, the same extra walks past Ray twice.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ray: Time travel. It'll turn your brain into spaghetti if you let it. Best not to think about it. Best just to get on with the job in hand. Which is destroying the enemy before they're even born and have a chance to threaten us. We're expecting any resistance to be light, because the ancestors of our enemies have yet to evolve any thumbs... or indeed spines. But that does not change the fact that they may one day evolve into a species that may pose a threat to us. And for that reason, ...

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Crazy Credits

SPOILER: After the end credits have finished, a 20 second scene features Toby (Dean Wootton) being chased by an animalistic double. As Ray (Chris O'Dowd) and Pete (Dean Lennox Kelly) look on, a double of Pete says "this is all getting a little bit too complicated."

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Connections

References The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

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Soundtracks

Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Written by Jim Steinman (as Steinman)
Performed by Bonnie Tyler

User Reviews

Great fun for the grey matter.

There were times whilst I was watching this that I felt myself to be distinctly chronologically challenged by the implications of (people) being able to go backwards and forwards in time. Not that that detracted from my enjoyment - quite the contrary - but unravelling some of the time-logic did demand that extra bit of effort on my part. The humour varies between light and off-the-cuff banter between drinking buddies at times, to potentially grave and ominous events at others. I thought the characters were likable and the screenplay was excellent (in an 'ordinary' kind of way). Maintaining my interest was helped by the juxtaposition of the everyday with the unexpected and the inclusion of an uncertain romantic element. A nice blend of sci-fi and scepticism. Great fun for the grey matter.