Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
A group of archaeologists become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve a friend. The group must survive in fourteenth century France before they can escape back to the twenty-first century.
A fire-fighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky but sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.
Director:
Ivan Reitman
Stars:
David Duchovny,
Orlando Jones,
Julianne Moore
A man living in a futuristic sterile colony begins to question his circumscribed existence when his friend is chosen to go to the Island, the last uncontaminated place on earth.
An accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life, but then must fix the consequences.
In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.
Director:
Kevin Reynolds
Stars:
Kevin Costner,
Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Dennis Hopper
Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, scientist and inventor, Alexander Hartdegen, is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to change the past. Testing his theories with a time machine of his own invention, Hartdegen is hurtled 800,000 years into the future, where he discovers that mankind has divided into the hunter - and the hunted.Written by
Tim1370
Gore Verbinski was brought in to take over the last 18 days of shooting, as Simon Wells was suffering from "extreme exhaustion." Wells returned for post-production. See more »
Goofs
In the Eloi's time, the ruins of the library still have clearly visible, sharply incised inscriptions. Such carvings erode significantly after several hundred, or at most, several thousand years; after 800,000 years they should have been illegible, due to erosion from rain or wind, or (if they had been buried) chemical reactions in the soil. See more »
Quotes
David Philby:
A professor from Columbia University should not be corresponding with a crazy German book keeper.
Alexander Hartdegen:
He's a patent clerk, not a book keeper, and I think Mister Einstein needs all the support I can give him.
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Ok, first off, Guy Pearce is a wonderful actor. The brilliance he brings to Memento is enough. He can be in a million crappy movies and still be considered great.
Now, whoever "wrote" this piece of crap does NOT deserve such honours. Did you actually READ the book? Can you read at all? What did you do, skim the Cliffs Notes for this book, then glance at the 1960 movie and think : "What a neat idea"?
I don't know what is wrong with Hollywood. H.G. Wells writes a brilliant novel, which is still enjoyed by people over 100 years later. Let me say that again in case you missed it: ONE HUNDRED YEARS! The story is obviously just fine the way it is, otherwise it would've been forgotten long ago. Have you ever heard of market research?
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe if you apply the Hollywood cookie cutter to everything you see then you'll make more money than if you use, oh I don't know, artistic ability. But then again, why do you think Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings movies have done so well? He didn't just put the title on some standard story line. No. He read the book (I'll wager he read it SEVERAL times). Then he set about using his talents to create a brilliant visual interpretation of the printed page. And he made millions. Maybe you can too.
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Ok, first off, Guy Pearce is a wonderful actor. The brilliance he brings to Memento is enough. He can be in a million crappy movies and still be considered great.
Now, whoever "wrote" this piece of crap does NOT deserve such honours. Did you actually READ the book? Can you read at all? What did you do, skim the Cliffs Notes for this book, then glance at the 1960 movie and think : "What a neat idea"?
I don't know what is wrong with Hollywood. H.G. Wells writes a brilliant novel, which is still enjoyed by people over 100 years later. Let me say that again in case you missed it: ONE HUNDRED YEARS! The story is obviously just fine the way it is, otherwise it would've been forgotten long ago. Have you ever heard of market research?
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe if you apply the Hollywood cookie cutter to everything you see then you'll make more money than if you use, oh I don't know, artistic ability. But then again, why do you think Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings movies have done so well? He didn't just put the title on some standard story line. No. He read the book (I'll wager he read it SEVERAL times). Then he set about using his talents to create a brilliant visual interpretation of the printed page. And he made millions. Maybe you can too.