The Time Machine

Year:

2002

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Sci-Fi | Adventure | Action

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Simon Wells

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2002-03-08

Filming Locations: Albany, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $80,000,000

Opening Weekend: $22,610,437 (USA) (10 March 2002)

Gross: $56,684,819 (USA) (19 May 2002)

Cast

Actor

Character

Diana Lee Inosanto

The Time Machine

Samantha Mumba

The Time Machine

Dorian Kingi

The Time Machine

Vanessa Viola

The Time Machine

Guy Pearce

Alexander Hartdegen

Mark Addy

David Philby

Phyllida Law

Mrs. Watchit

Sienna Guillory

Emma

Laura Kirk

Flower Seller

Josh Stamberg

Motorist

John W. Momrow

Fifth Avenue Carriage Driver

Max Baker

Robber

Jeffrey M. Meyer

Central Park Carriage Driver

Jeremy Irons

Über-Morlock

Alan Young

Flower Store Worker

Myndy Crist

Jogger

Connie Ray

Teacher

Orlando Jones

Vox

Lennie Loftin

Soldier #1

Thomas Corey Robinson

Soldier #2

Omero Mumba

Kalen

Yancey Arias

Toren

Richard Cetrone

Hunter Morlock

Edward Conna

Hunter Morlock

Chris Sayour

Hunter Morlock

Jeremy Fitzgerald

Hunter Morlock

Darrell Davis

Hunter Morlock

Grady Holder

Hunter Morlock

Bryan Friday

Hunter Morlock

Clint Lilley

Hunter Morlock

Mark Kubr

Hunter Morlock

Jeff Podgurski

Hunter Morlock

Dan McCann

Hunter Morlock

Bryon Weiss

Hunter Morlock

Steve Upton

Hunter Morlock

Doug Jones

Spy Morlock

Joey Anaya

Spy Morlock

Jacob Chambers

Spy Morlock

Kevin McTurk

Spy Morlock

Michael Chaturantabut

Eloi

Jonathan Eusebio

Eloi

Roel Failma

Eloi

Yoshio Iizuka

Eloi

Chona Jason

Eloi

Hiro Koda

Eloi

John Koyama

Eloi

Alex Madison

Eloi

R.C. Ormond

Eloi

Maro Uo Richmond

Eloi

Petra Sprecher

Eloi

Gary Toy

Eloi

Jon Valera

Eloi

April Crisafulli

Victorian Shopper

Aaron Patrick Freeman

Eloi

Cheyenne Haynes

Young Eloi

Dustin LaValley

Student

Caleb Mayo

Student

David O'Leary

Student

Paul Oliver

Eloi

Efia Pearson

Eloi

Danny Swerdlow

Student

Meredith Wells

Alexander Hartigan's young son (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

According to the time machine, the date of the moon's destruction is August 8, 2037.

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Gore Verbinski was brought in to take over the last 18 days of shooting, as Simon Wells was suffering from "extreme exhaustion." Wells returned for post-production.

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Vox mentions a "Time Machine" musical and starts singing a song with the lyrics "There's a place called tomorrow...". Such a musical and such a song do not exist, although its composer Andrew Lloyd Webber most certainly does.

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Goofs

When Alexander arrives on the date of May 24th, 2030, he is seen watching the "Future is now" on a large screen. When he unravels the rope that lets the "step-down" stairs down, a man in a white shirt and blue jeans can be seen slightly behind the time machine for a brief second, then he vanishes back under the machine when Alexander is walking toward the screen.

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When Alexander is unconscious traveling into the future, the dials on the time machine seem to be spinning at a rate of around one million years per second. He would have far surpassed the year 802,701. This shows that the dials were made to just spin, rather than count.

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While we can only speculate about the imagined physics that allows the time machine to operate, we see that when the time traveller accidentally puts his hand outside the protection of his machine's 'force field' during travel to the future, the fingernails grow by at least five millimetres before he snatches his hand back in pain. This amount of growth indicates that his hand has experienced at least a month while outside the field. Since his blood vessels inside the field would only be supplying a few seconds worth of blood, his hand would be starved of oxygen and therefore dead and well into decomposition by the time he manages to get it back within the field. His only option would be immediate amputation to prevent gangrene in his arm.

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Quotes

Mara: Why have you come here? Why have you traveled through time?

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Jogger: Hey.

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Alexander Hartdegen: How did this happen?

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Faq

Q

How can the Eloi speak English?

A

Q

Why is George from the 1960 movie called Alexander Hartdegen in this version?

A

The main character was named George in the original movie. In the book, however, he was only refered to as 'the time traveler.'

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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