The Time Machine

by David Duncan, directed by George Pal

• Release: 25 May 1960
• Format: Feature Film
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Audience: Adults
• Content: Definite Time Travel
• Original Language: English

When I speak of time, I’m speaking of the fourth dimension.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TRANSLATIONS

Translations to Italian

PRIOR WORKS

based on The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (1895)

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

• Circa AD 1900 to 1929
• Circa AD 1940 to 1949
• Circa AD 1960 to 1969
• Far Future

Time Travel Methods

• Wellsian Time Machines

Real-World Tags

• H. G. Wells

Fictional Tags

• Future Wars
• H. G. Wells’ Time Machine Universe

Groupings

• Cited in Worlds Enough and Time, edited by Gary Westfahl ()

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

1. From London home of the Traveller, 31 December 1899 ⋙ to presumably the same location, an unspecified time. Note: the small time machine travels.
2. From London home of the Traveller, 31 December 1899 ⋙ to London, 13 September 1917. Note: the first use of the machine.
3. From London , 13 September 1917 ⋙ to London, 19 June 1940. Note: in the midst of a new war.
4. From London , 19 June 1940 ⋙ to what used to be London, AD 802,701.
5. From what used to be London, AD 802,701 ⋙ to beyond AD 802,701. Note: the Traveller reverses the direction of travel without stopping.
6. From beyond AD 802,701 ⋙ to London home of the Traveller, 5 January 1900.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

• Release—The <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0054387%2Freleaseinfo%3Fref_%3Dtt_ov_inf'>IMDb</a> lists three early releases of <i>The Time Machine<i> in Italy, starting in Rome on 25 May 1960. A <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-numbers.com%2Fmovie%2FTime-Machine-The-%281960%29%23tab%3Dsummary'>box office satistics page</a> [accessed 19 October 2019] indicates that these were in a limited number of theaters rather than being publicized as a premiere.</i></i>