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The Time Machine is a 1960 American science fiction film directed and produced by George Pal. The screenplay was written by David Duncan, based on the work of H. G. Wells. The cast includes Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, and Sebastian Cabot. Paul Vogel served as director of photography, with editing by George Tomasini and music by Russell Garcia. The film is set in England and during the year 1966, revolving around the main subject of time travel.
The movie has a runtime of 103 minutes and was originally released in English. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix via video on demand. Production companies involved include Galaxy Films Inc. and George Pal Productions. The film holds a G rating and has received various assessments, including a Bechdel test evaluation. It won one Oscar, with one win and one nomination in total.
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Film · TMDB
7.4A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Cast
- Rod Taylor as H. George Wells
- Alan Young as David Filby / James Filby
- Yvette Mimieux as Weena
- Sebastian Cabot as Dr. Philip Hilyer
- Tom Helmore as Anthony Bridewell
- Whit Bissell as Walter Kemp
Themes
- new year's eve
- future
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- inventor
- dystopia
- time travel
- time machine
- victorian england
- distant future
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
47,044 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Time Machine
- Main subject
- time travel
- Director
- George Pal
- Screenwriter
- David Duncan
- Cast member
- Doris Lloyd
- Composer
- Russell Garcia
- Producer
- George Pal
- Cinematographer
- Paul Vogel
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 194894
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Poster for the 1960 film The Time Machine.jpg
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- publication date
- 1960-09-02
- film editor
- George Tomasini
- title
- The Time Machine
- after a work by
- H. G. Wells
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set during recurring event
- New Year
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 829000
- box office
- 1610000
- Commons category
- The Time Machine (1960 film)
- review score
- 77%
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