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 | psychotronic film | pub | lost in time | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

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, is referenced during a discussion of the "rules" of time travel when Toby says "You can't tread on any butterflies."

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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 Scream (1996)

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Soundtracks

Human
Written by Bryon
Publishing Copyright Control
Performed by Ry Bryon & The Gentleman
Licensed by kind permission of Ry Bryon & The Gentleman

User Reviews

Fun, witty and original

A great little movie about the Chaos Theory.

If you enjoy any SciFi (mainly DoCWho) you should give this little flick a watch if it ever pops up on your set.

Acting is very solid from Dowd who carries the film perfectly, the other actors keep pretty safe but Dowd really shines, Farris is ditsy as usual but is very cute and likable as a character (and a person) still.

Direction is quite minimalistic and just focuses on the chaos itself and hardly relies on modern visual effects, mainly great props and sets that set a surprisingly good atmosphere considering this is a budget movie

This little movie could have a cult following if it is received well.

8/10 -2 for been too short, but at least it leaves the possibly open for a sequel :)

Details

Official Sites:

BBC Films

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 April 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

Le petit guide du voyage dans le temps

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$23,820

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Films, Dog Lamp Films, HBO Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1