This adaptation of the classic sci-fi adventure tale by H.G. Wells, directed by Simon Wells (the great-grandson of the author), stars Guy Pearce as Alex Hartdegen, an absent-minded New York professor preoccupied with what passes for technology at the turn of the 20th century. However, the one thing that can distract him from .. Read more
| Starring | Guy Pearce, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law, Samantha Mumba |
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| Director | Simon Wells |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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This adaptation of the classic sci-fi adventure tale by H.G. Wells, directed by Simon Wells (the great-grandson of the author), stars Guy Pearce as Alex Hartdegen, an absent-minded New York professor preoccupied with what passes for technology at the turn of the 20th century. However, the one thing that can distract him from his calculations is his love for Emma (Sienna Guillory), his bride-to-be. When tragedy strikes and he loses Emma, Alex uses the time-travelling machine that he's built in secret to change the present by going into the past. When that fails to alter fate, he leaps forward in time, eventually landing 800,000 years in the future, an era where humanity has splintered into two races; the docile Eloi and the ferocious Morlocks. There Alex befriends two of the Eloi (Samantha and Omero Mumba) and attempts to help them resist almost certain death at the hands of the Morlocks...
| Starring | Guy Pearce, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons |
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| Director | Simon Wells |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 09 Apr 2011 To Rent: DVD: not available |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
Confused and unsatisfactory version of Wells' novel, even if it is directed by his great-grandson. The narrative is used merely as a peg for special effects.
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tragic and touching story
The first five minnutes of it, I really started getting into it, it has a different story line to the original.
The story is a about a professor (guy... read more »
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Thoughts of future -past
Not what you expect but still a great winter evening watch, thought proviking escapism with superb effects. Very different to the book but don't let that ... read more »
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Loved it
Very good remake. They didn't overdo it using the new available technology and still the film has a modern flair. We loved it.
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Time Machine
Excellent film, really enjoyed it, it didn't matter that is wasn't exactly like the original, a thoroughly entertaining film, definitely recommend it.
Could Doug Jones become a movie star? It seems unlikely. In a business in which name recognition is everything and your face is your fortune, Jones has worked steadily for ten years in high profile film and TV shows - including CSI, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Men in Black II, Adaptation and Hellboy - but it's doubtful one-in-twenty could point him out in a police line-up. You might know him better as Abe Sapien in Hellboy, Pencilhead in Mystery Men, or assorted aliens, clowns and contortionists. Read more
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