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The Time Machine (1960)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:25
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Setting the temporal starting point of the classic H.G. Wells novel in the year 1960 (rather than 1900), this engrossing adaptation follows the Time Traveler as he passes through World Wars I, II,... Setting the temporal starting point of the classic H.G. Wells novel in the year 1960 (rather than 1900), this engrossing adaptation follows the Time Traveler as he passes through World Wars I, II, and III and finally stops in the year 802,701. There he finds an apathetic, placid people called the Eloi and falls in love with one of their number, the beauteous blonde Weena. To his horror, however, he learns that the Eloi's apathy is generated by a maniacal, cannibalistic underworld--and that the only way to help them is to incite a revolution. George Pal's version of THE TIME MACHINE is an exciting and faithful cinematic production of H.G. Wells's 1895 classic. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects. [More]
Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot
Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell, Paul Frees
Director: George Pal
Director: George Pal
Screenwriter: David Duncan
Producer: George Pal
Composer: Russell Garcia
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Reviews for The Time Machine
This smashing science-fiction adaptation of H.G. Wells's famous novel has more creativity in every frame than most latter-day rip-offs have in their entirety.
Parts of it are colorful and imaginative, but the film flattens out toward the end.
Pal's movie is a brightly colored sweetmeat with all the indicting political ideology of a buttered scone.
The quaint time machine and Oscar-winning special effects hold one's interest initially, but the overall effect is one of glossy emptiness.
Somewhat dated, and not quite up to the source material, but still some good retro fun.
A unmistakable product of its time, but lovingly rendered and always respectful of its source.
As an adaptation? Sure, not so good. But as a classic sci-fi flick? Yeah, sure, it's harmless.
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