Underplayed Gems

Timeline (2003)

Timeline poster
Directed by
Richard Donner
Genre
action film, adventure film, science fiction film, thriller film, period drama film, time-travel film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 1,181 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of archaeology students time travel to medieval France to rescue their professor during a battle. They must survive the war and find a way back to the present.

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What happens

Timeline is a 2003 historical science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Donner and starring Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis, and Anna Friel. Based on Michael Crichton's 1999 novel of the same name, the film concerns present-day archaeology and history students who are sent back in time to medieval France to rescue their professor from the middle of a battle. Jerry Goldsmith composed the original score, which would have been his last released before his death in 2004, but was replaced with a new score by Brian Tyler, after the first cut of the film was re-edited and Goldsmith's increasing health problems prevented him from continuing. The film was poorly received by critics and bombed at the box office, losing an estimated $49 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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