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Overview

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7.6/10   10,289 votes
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Director:
Writers:
David Duncan (screenplay)
H.G. Wells (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 August 1960 (USA) more
Tagline:
You Will Orbit into the Fantastic Future! more
Plot:
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
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User Comments:
The special effects are still remarkable after more than 40 years! more (150 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Rod Taylor ... H. George Wells
Alan Young ... David Filby / James Filby
Yvette Mimieux ... Weena
Sebastian Cabot ... Dr. Philip Hillyer
Tom Helmore ... Anthony Bridewell
Whit Bissell ... Walter Kemp
Doris Lloyd ... Mrs. Watchett
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Barran ... Eloi Man (uncredited)
Paul Frees ... Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
Josephine Powell ... Eloi Girl (uncredited)
James Skelly ... Second Eloi Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
George Pal 
 
Writing credits
David Duncan (screenplay)

H.G. Wells (novel)

Produced by
George Pal .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Russell Garcia 
 
Cinematography by
Paul Vogel (director of photography) (as Paul C. Vogel)
 
Film Editing by
George Tomasini 
 
Art Direction by
George W. Davis  (as George Davis)
William Ferrari 
 
Set Decoration by
F. Keogh Gleason  (as Keogh Gleason)
Henry Grace 
 
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
William Tuttle .... makeup creator
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Shanks .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Mentor Huebner .... production illustrator (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Franklin Milton .... recording supervisor
Van Allen James .... sound editor (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Wah Chang .... special photographic effects
Gene Warren .... special photographic effects
Howard A. Anderson .... additional special effects/optical effects (uncredited)
Tim Baar .... special photographic effects (uncredited)
Bill Brace .... matte artist (uncredited)
Jim Danforth .... assistant animator (uncredited)
David Pal .... stop-motion animator (uncredited)
Don Sahlin .... stop-motion animator (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ralph Rodine .... assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon .... color consultant
 
Other crew
George Pal .... morlock designer (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
H.G. Wells' The Time Machine (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
Die Zeitmaschine (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
A Máquina do Tempo (Brazil) [pt]
Aikakone (Finland) [fi]
El tiempo en sus manos (Spain) [es]
L'uomo che visse nel futuro (Italy) [it]
La machine à explorer le temps (France) (video title) [fr]
O arxon tou kosmou (Greece) [el]
Rædselsrejsen (Denmark) [da]
Tidsmaskinen (Sweden) [sv]
Vremeplov (Serbia) [sr]
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Runtime:
103 min | Australia:89 min (video version)
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Language:
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm magnetic prints)
Certification:
Norway:16 (1960) | Iceland:12 | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | Netherlands:AL | Australia:G (alternate rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Canada:PG | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | West Germany:12
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the last film to be shown on New York station WNBC-TV's (Channel 4) afternoon movie showcase, "Movie 4", on 26 April 1974. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When George is arriving in the future land of the Eloi, we see the Pyramid rising behind his left shoulder. The time machine is originally facing the street and Filby's store, so the Pyramid would be in the space occupied by George's house. However, after returning from the future from inside the Pyramid, the time machine lands in the garden. George then drags the time machine back into his laboratory so that "he may return to Weena standing outside the Pyramid". This would not be necessary because the space of the garden is actually further away from the Pyramid than the laboratory. more
Quotes:
Filby: Which three books would you have taken? more

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14 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
The special effects are still remarkable after more than 40 years!, 7 June 2001
9/10

This is a very well-done adaptation of the H. G. Wells novella, with an Oscar for the special effects that are still impressive more than 40 years later. Good performances by an ensemble cast and a good script also help. One interesting side note: character actor Whit Bissell was in both the 1960 version here and the version done for television in 1978, playing essentially the same part with two different character names! Recommended.

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