Absolutely Anything
- by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, directed by Terry Jones
- Feature Film
- Comedy
- Adults
- Cameo Time Travel
- English
- Absolutely Anything by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, directed by Terry Jones (at movie theaters, Philippines and elsewhere, 12 August 2015).
As a test to determine whether humanity should be destroyed, four slimey aliens grant schoolteacher Neil Clarke the power to do absolutely anything. I kinda think that if I had that power, and I made as many mistakes as Neil, I'd be using my power to rewind time more often than he did.
Writer and director Terry Jones acknowledges H. G. Wells’ “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” as inspiration for the story.
Writer and director Terry Jones acknowledges H. G. Wells’ “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” as inspiration for the story.
—Michael Main
Neil [wavinghand]: Let the explosion never to have happened.
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- Time Periods
- Time Travel Methods
- Alien Time Travel Technology: The galactic power to do absolutely anything includes rewinding time.
- Wish Travel: Or more precisely, the body of the great Einstein, though just a cameo.
- Themes
- Real-World Tags
- Albert Einstein: Or more precisely, the body of the great Einstein, though just a cameo.
- Fictional Tags
Variants
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- Absolutely Anything by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, directed by Terry Jones (at movie theaters, Philippines and elsewhere, 12 August 2015).
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Previous Works
inspired by “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” by H. G. Wells
Indexer Notes
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- Credits—Writer and director Terry Jones acknowledges H. G. Wells’ “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” as inspiration for the story. We see that connection strongly, even though Jones also noted that the final story was “changed out of all recognition from that.” The IMDb lists Douglas Adams as an uncredited writer, but according to Wikipedia, he merely looked over the script.