Aikakone

Original title: The Time Machine

19601960
K-12K-12
1h 43m

Adventure Romance Sci-Fi

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.

7.6/10

39K

Director
- George Pal
Writers
- David Duncan(screenplay)
- H.G. Wells(novel)
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Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Whit Bissell, Rod Taylor, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, and Alan Young in The Time Machine (1960)

Director
- George Pal
Writers
- David Duncan(screenplay)
- H.G. Wells(novel)
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On January 5, 1900, a disheveled looking H.G. Wells - George to his friends - arrives late to his own dinner party. He tells his guests of his travels in his time machine, the work about which his friends knew. They were also unbelieving, and skeptical of any practical use if it did indeed work. George knew that his machine was stationary in geographic position, but he did not account for changes in what happens over time to that location. He also learns that the machine is not impervious and he is not immune to those who do not understand him or the machine's purpose. George tells his friends that he did not find the Utopian society he so wished had developed. He mentions specifically a civilization several thousand years into the future which consists of the subterranean morlocks and the surface dwelling eloi, who on first glance lead a carefree life. Despite all these issues, love can still bloom over the spread of millennia. —Huggo

post apocalypse dystopia future distant future morlock 103 more

Taglines
- You Will Orbit into the Fantastic Future!
Genres
Certificate
- K-12
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Trivia
Yvette Mimieux was actually underage when shooting began (she turned 18 during the shoot) and was not legally supposed to work a full shooting schedule, but did. She was inexperienced, but as she worked on this film she kept getting better and better, so that by the end of the shoot the producers went back and re-shot some of her earliest scenes.

Goofs
In the great hall whenever George is inside, you see parallel and perpendicular white lines painted on the floor. The table arrangements do not conform to any arrangement that fits these lines. This is because the set was constructed over a studio parking lot and they did not put down a floor covering. The revealing parking lines are simply ignored. This info came from a special effects veteran who was on the set during the filming of these scenes.

Quotes
Filby: Which three books would you have taken?

Connections
Edited into Napoleon Solo: The Project Deephole Affair (1966)

Top review

10/10

It fired the imagination of a 10 year old boy for a lifetime

OK, so some people are intent on pointing out factual or historical inaccuracies. Some people ridicule the costumes and accents, but what's important is the spirit of the film. I sincerely doubt anyone made the same kind of comments back in 1960. It was a seminal film and must have inspired a generation of film makers. You don't need CGI to make a good film. It's all about the story and the ingenuity of having to make do with the things you've got to hand. This film exemplifies that attitude.

I first saw The Time Machine as a 10 year old in 1970 and was utterly captivated. The stop-motion photography was spell-binding to me; particularly when George kills one of the attacking Morlocks. The gory footage of the body decomposing will abide with me forever. More importantly, and for the first time in my life, I was completely swept away with the concept of time travel. This film was unlike anything I had ever seen before and sowed seeds of profound thought for many years after.

This film may not be for everyone, but it was for a certain 10 year-old boy all those years ago. How I wish I could go back and recapture those moments...

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