The Time Machine (1960)
- Directed by
- George Pal
- Genre
- science fiction film, dystopian film, time-travel film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 928 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Victorian inventor builds a machine that lets him move through time. He travels far into the future and finds humanity has split into two groups: the gentle Eloi and the predatory Morlocks who live underground.
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What happens
The Time Machine (also marketed as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine) is a 1960 American period post-apocalyptic science fiction film based on the 1895 novella of the same title by H. G. Wells. It was produced and directed by George Pal, and stars Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, and Alan Young. The story is set in Victorian England and follows an inventor who constructs a machine that enables him to travel into the distant future. Once there, he discovers that mankind's descendants have divided into two species, the passive, childlike, and vegetarian Eloi and the underground-dwelling Morlocks, who feed on the Eloi. It received the Academy Award for Best Special Effects for its time-lapse photographic effects, which show the world changing rapidly as the time traveler journeys into the future. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.