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| View Larger Image | The Time Machine | DVDStarring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore
Directed By: George Pal
Also With: Paul Vogel (Cinematographer), George Pal (Producer), George Tomasini (Editor), David Duncan (Writer), H.G. Wells (Writer)
| List Price: | $19.98 | | Price: | $13.99 | | You Save: | $5.99 (30%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 103 minutes | | Format: | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.66:1 | | Release Date: | October 03, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 2,519nd |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
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. |
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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 |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 226 reviews)
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time machine by Terence Roberts (TX)  5 Stars
October 22, 2009
THIS IS ONE OF H.G. WELLS CLASSICS. I SAW IT WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT. IT'S JUST AS GOOD NOW AS IT WAS THEN. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE.
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Nothing beats the original! by Peter J. Chudoba (Rochester, NY) 5 Stars
October 11, 2009
In addition to an all-time excellent movie, this edition supplies interviews with the cast and those who worked on the film with them. A very touching scene is played out between Rod Taylor and Alan Ladd, reprising their roles in the movie. This is too good of a deal to pass up. Glad I bought mine!
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A classic by D. Faber 5 Stars
October 01, 2009
The movie is one of the all time Sci-Fi classics. By today's special effects standards, it doesn't hold a candle, but that really doesn't make any difference because the story is timeless and for the time it was made, the effects are pretty impressive. I remember seeing The Time Machine in the theater as a kid and I've watched it many times since then. When I saw that I could own a NEW DVD of the movie I jumped at the chance. Especially interesting and entertaining is the "new" scene they've put into the special features.
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THE TIME MACHINE by Robert J. Szvetics  4 Stars
September 15, 2009
Warner Brothers what happened to the music only soundtrack like it says on the DVD box. another scew up by these video companies. i had to go and buy the cd of this film nice going Weiner Brothers.....
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Good movie by Leonard Weiss (Hollywood, FL USA) 4 Stars
September 12, 2009
Good movie in spite of the hokey special effects. But, considering what they had to work with, it is very good.
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