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The Time Machine | 
 enlarge | Director: George Pal
Actors: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  201 reviews
Sales Rank: 2017
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.6 x 0.5
MPN: D65231D
ISBN: 0790747324
UPC: 012569523128
EAN: 9780790747323
ASIN: 0790747324
Theatrical Release Date: August 17, 1960
Release Date: October 3, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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 ome on reviewer # 200! June 28, 2008
Mike McCLUSKEY (Fulda, Germany)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is, what (?), creepin'
up on 50-years old. The Time Ma-
chine is in better condition than
the surviving actors/filmcrew....
Based on the age of creation, how
can anyone YOUNGER than the movie
understand the wonders of watching
this film-- for the first time--
on the giant screen as a ten-year-
old? There's very LITTLE rocket sci-
ence IN the film... just sweat and
time-lapse magic that is just what
a younger reviewer'd call Cheesy.
When this film turns 50, I'll turn
60... the old guy has seen BETTER
movies, but there's plenty WORSE
than this. Shame on the 10% of the
raters-- of THIS film-- that gave
it ONE[*?] or TWO[**?] STARS!
 Worth it for a laugh June 25, 2008
adam g (Oregon)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like any old campy sci fi movie its good for a laugh just to see crappy sets and terrible Morlocks. I dont think anybody takes this movie serious, well i hope not anyways. The same people who like this movie are the same ones who say the remake is terrible.
 Talk about classic April 29, 2008
Chris M. (Newport Beach, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This really is a great movie in about every way. It's well written & acted. It has forsight. It's fun. There are slow parts for people who can't appreciate the story and/or have a short attention span. I have a hard time bringing myself to spend the time to re-watch it when I'm in the mood but when I do, I'm always glad I did. I don't think any DVD collection is complete without this awesome classic.
The Time Machine April 27, 2008
Hudson Bandosz (Sierra Vista, AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A good movie for it's time and a good movie now. So much better than the cheesy remake.
A step back in time. April 25, 2008
elaine warren (Newbury, NH)
The Time Machine is not only a wonderful movie but it is a favorite subject of mine; the ability to move back or forth through millions of years fascinates me, especially the future as it is largely unknown. For its age the film is scarcely dated with fine acting and production values, and one of those that you can watch over and over. The question of what to bring with you into another civilization for better or worse is infinitely intriguing.
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