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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
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 filmmakers managed to mislay most of Mr. Wells' eloquent language and philosophical questions in favor of a simplified Classics Illustrated approach.
Probably edgy and thrilling in its day, The Time Machine hasn't aged so well.
A unmistakable product of its time, but lovingly rendered and always respectful of its source.
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