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The Day Time Ended

by Wayne Schmidt, J. Larry Carroll, and David Schmoeller, directed by John “Bud” Cardos
After an hour or so of mundane conversation and weird happenings—a triple supernova, a UFO, a tiny mannequin/alien, and creepy lights, and alien monsters transporting in and out—the Williams family and their horses are transported through a time-space warp to an unknown time for the other twenty minutes of the movie. (The creepy lights stick around, too.) It’s hard to tell for sure, but I think they’re going to live out their lives amongst the weird lights and crystal structures of this new time.
— Michael Main
Steve, you know what this is, don’t cha? It’s a time-space warp.
DEBUT
The Day Time Ended (Paris Festival of Fantastic Films, circa March 1979).
VARIANTS
4 English variants
TRANSLATIONS
Translations to French
TAGS(SPOILERS!)
Time Periods Time Travel Methods Groupings
TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)
  1. From unknown place, unknown time ⋙ to Sonoran Desert, circa 1979. Note: We believe the various monsters have come through a time rift! . . .
  2. From Sonoran Desert, circa 1979 ⋙ to unknown place, unknown time. Note: . . . but creepy light technology transported them back.
  3. From Sonoran Desert, circa 1979 ⋙ to unknown place, unknown future time. Note: Unfortunately, the Williams family also got pulled through the time rifts into an unknown future time.
INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)
  • Titles and Release—<a href='https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Day_Time_Ended'>Wikipedia</a> indicates that the original working title was <i>Earth’s Final Fury,</i> but this may be a mistake perpetuated elsewhere on the Internet, such as a listing on the <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0080596%2Freleaseinfo'>IMDb</a> of <i>Earth's Final Fury</i> as a TV title of <i>The Day Time Ended.</i> What we do know (from viewing the intro) is that a different 1980 movie—<i><a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0081747%2Freleaseinfo'>When Time Ran Out</a>,</i> loosely based on the book <i>The Day the World Ended</i>—aired on NBC-TV in 1986 with the title <i>Earth’s Final Fury.</i> Was that also a working title for <i>The Day Time Ended</i>? Up in the ITTDB Citadel, we have our doubts.<br />
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    Wikipedia also indicates a working title of <i>Vortex</i> for <i>The Day Time Ended.</i> This is confirmed in an interview with screenwriter J. Larry Carroll on p. 125 of <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Ds3jpDAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA293%26lpg%3DPA293%26dq%3DWhen%2BTime%2BRan%2BOut%2BVortex%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DrXKEuSP0c5%26sig%3DACfU3U0L_M1EbhPvNygtpwBSwnsIrjPi3A%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjAzPKj6MHlAhWXnp4KHTzmAKsQ6AEwAXoECAcQAQ%23v%3Donepage%26q%3DVortex%26f%3Dfalse'><i>It Came from the 80s!</i></a>—and that title might even have been the film’s screening title at the 1979 Paris Festival of Fantastic Films, but we have not found any contemporaneous listing for that festival. The <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0080596%2F'>IMDb</a> does list <i>The Day Time Ended</i> as appearing at that festival in November 1979; based on <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNocturna%3A_Granddaughter_of_Dracula'>Wikipedia’s account of another film</a> at that festival, we have changed the date to circa March 1979.<br />
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    To summarize the alternate English titles of <i>The Day Time Ended</i>:<br />
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  • <i>The Day Time Ended</i>: original theatrical release<br />
  • <i>Earth’s Final Fury</i>: probably not an original title or TV title for <i>The Day Time Ended,</i> but just a bibliographic error (through conflation with <i>When Time Ran Out</i>) that’s been perpetuated on the Internet<br />
  • <i>Vortex</i>: working title (confirmed by J. Larry Carroll) and possible screening title at the Paris Fantastic Films Festival (circa March 1979)<br />
  • <i>Black Thunder</i>: video release in Belgium according to the <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0080596%2Freleaseinfo'>IMDb</a>, most likely with French subtitles or dubbing based on the text on its VHS packaging.<br />
  • <i>Time Warp</i> or <i>Timewarp</i>: three references to this alternative title, including the <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0080596%2Freleaseinfo%2F'>IMDb</a> and <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bfi.org.uk%2Ffilms-tv-people%2F4ce2b7093198e'>BFI</a>, but no images or contemporaneous confirmation<br />
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[/*][*]Credits—The format of the director’s name, John “Bud” Cardos, comes straight from the credits in the film, as does the storywriter, Steve Neill.[/*][/list]