On January 5, 1900, a disheveled looking H.G. Wells – George to his friends – arrives late to his own dinner party. He tells his guests of his travels in his time machine, the work about which his friends knew. They were also unbelieving, and skeptical of any practical use if it did indeed work. George knew that his machine was stationary in geographic position, but he did not account for changes in what happens over time to that location. He also learns that the machine is not impervious and he is not immune to those who do not understand him or the machine’s purpose. George tells his friends that he did not find the Utopian society he so wished had developed. He mentions specifically a civilization several thousand years into the future which consists of the subterranean morlocks and the surface dwelling eloi, who on first glance lead a carefree life. Despite all these issues, love can still bloom over the spread of millennia.

The Time Machine (1960)
  • Rating: (14,167 votes)
  • Taglines:You Will Orbit into the Fantastic Future! » The Time Machine whirls you to a world of amazing adventure in the year 800,000! »
  • Runtime:103 minutes
  • Director: George Pal
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    H. George Wells
    Rod Taylor
    David Filby / James Filby
    Alan Young
    Weena
    Yvette Mimieux
    Dr. Philip Hillyer
    Sebastian Cabot
    Anthony Bridewell
    Tom Helmore
    Walter Kemp
    Whit Bissell
    Mrs. Watchett
    Doris Lloyd
    Eloi Man (uncredited)
    Bob Barran
    Talking Rings (voice) (uncredited)
    Paul Frees
    Eloi Girl (uncredited)
    Josephine Powell
  • Genres:Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • Producer:
    George Pal
    producer (uncredited)  
  • Plots: On January 5, 1900, a disheveled looking H.G. Wells - George to his friends - arrives late to his own dinner party. He tells his guests of his travels in his time machine, the work about which his friends knew. They were also unbelieving, and skeptical of any practical use if it did indeed work. George knew that his machine was stationary in geographic position, but he did not account for changes in what happens over time to that location. He also learns that the machine is not impervious and he is not immune to those who do not understand him or the machine's purpose. George tells his friends that he did not find the Utopian society he so wished had developed. He mentions specifically a civilization several thousand years into the future which consists of the subterranean morlocks and the surface dwelling eloi, who on first glance lead a carefree life. Despite all these issues, love can still bloom over the spread of millennia. Written by Huggo
The Time Machine
  • User's comment:An early and all-time favorite by PRSLRider

    In the early 1960s my mother used to take my younger sister and me to a nearby one-screen theater to see Saturday kiddie matinees. It was a great way to keep us entertained and out of her hair for a few hours, particularly after our baby sister was born.

    One movie I saw during those matinees was the 1960 version of The Time Machine. It made such an impression on me that, for quite a while afterward, I would play Time Machine with my sister and cousin with me as the Time Traveler.

    It wasn't until sometime in the 1990s that I was able to see it again when I got a VHS copy. It was very much the way I remembered it to be. I have since read the book and have found that the movie is quite faithful to the text, though some scenes involving two stops in the 1900s were added and a few bright spots appeared that weren't in the book, which is pretty dark.

    The special effects look primitive by today's standards, but they did win the Academy Award for Special Effects in 1961, and rightfully so, though I have no idea what other films had been nominated.

    This is still one of my top 10 movies and likely always will be. I haven't seen the 2002 version, which is probably just as well, since I'm happy with the 1960 version and don't want to ruin it.


  • Quotes: George: When I speak of time, I'm speaking of the fourth dimension. Filby: If that machine can do what you say it can do, destroy it, George! Destroy it before it destroys you! Filby: He's got all the time in the world.
  • Also known as: Die Zeitmaschine (Austria), Die Zeitmaschine (West Germany), H.G. Wells' The Time Machine (UK - complete title), H.G. Wells' The Time Machine (USA - complete title), Vremeplov (Serbia), Vremeplov (Yugoslavia - imdb display title, Croatian title), A Máquina do Tempo (Brazil), Aikakone (Finland), Az időgép (Hungary), El tiempo en sus manos (Spain), L'uomo che visse nel futuro (Italy), La máquina del tiempo (Uruguay), La machine à explorer le temps (France), O arxon tou kosmou (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Rædselsrejsen (Denmark), Tidsmaskinen (Sweden),

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