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The Time Machine

starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore
directed by: George Pal

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790747323
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790747324
Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Manufacturer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 03, 2000
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 2737
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Theatrical Release Date: August 17, 1960



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Product Description:
About the inventor of a time-tracel device that whisks him through a war-ravaged 20th century and into a far-off era where humans are enslaved by evil subterranean mutants. Special features: dual-layer widescreen subtitles in english and french original theatrical trailer and much more. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/01/2006 Starring: Rod Taylor Alan Young Run time: 103 minutes Rating: G

Amazon.com essential video:
After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this science-fiction classic from 1960. Wells's imaginative tale of time travel was published in 1895 and the movie is set in approximately the same period with Rod Taylor as a scientist whose magnificent time machine allows him to leap backward and forward in the annals of history. His adventures take him far into the future, where a meek and ineffectual race known as the Eloi have been forced to hide from the brutally monstrous Morlocks. As Taylor tests his daring invention, Oscar-winning special effects show us what the scientist sees: a cavalcade of sights and sounds as he races through time at varying speeds, from lava flows of ancient earth to the rise and fall of a towering future metropolis.

The movie's charm lies in its Victorian setting and the awe and wonder that carries over from Wells's classic story. The pioneering spirit of the movie is still enthralling, but it gets a bit silly when Taylor turns into a stock hero, rescuing a beautiful blonde Eloi (Yvette Mimieux) and battling with the chubby green Morlocks whose light-bulb eyes blink out when they die. Although it's quaint when compared to the special-effects marvels of the digital age, the movie's still highly entertaining and filled with a timeless sense of wonder. --Jeff Shannon



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Time Machine is a gripping science-fiction tale
Everyone has his/hers favorite movie, but The Time Machine has to rank way up there on many people's ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Enjoyable Journey
The movie is a timeless classic, just as I remembered from the first time I watched it a long, long time ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What a classic!
Just re-watched this movie this weekend and forgot how good it was. Alan Young plays Taylor's best friend ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "Before its Time"
I first viewed this film when I was 11 years old and I must confess that seeing this movie impacted my whole ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - El yay
Super fast delivery! Love this movie. my only pet peeve is that the dvd was loose in the case due to rough handling ... Read More

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