A fictional documentary about the creation of the worlds first time machine, the men who created it, and the unintended ramifications it has on world events.A fictional documentary about the creation of the worlds first time machine, the men who created it, and the unintended ramifications it has on world events.A fictional documentary about the creation of the worlds first time machine, the men who created it, and the unintended ramifications it has on world events.
- Soviet Scientist
- (as Peter Calvin)
- Narrator
- (voice)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe mug shot of Edward lists his number as 208241138. If you assign the numbers to letters of the alphabet, you get 20=T, 8=H, and 24=X. THX-1138
- GoofsWhen Richard goes back to inoculate his mother against polio, he brings booster shots. However, they never explain who or how the booster shots were administered. Either Richard had to stay until she was at least 4 (last booster age group for Polio) or someone had to have been given the booster shots and been complicit in providing them once Richard went back to his time.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator: You're watching History Television.
Narrator: [clock ticking loudly] In 1895, writer H.G. Wells published his science fiction masterpiece, The Time Machine. This novel would be one in a long line of literature, motion pictures, and television shows, depicting man breaking the laws of time and space, to travel beyond his present existence.
Dr. Edward Yarborough: One of the great struggles, if not the greatest struggle, has been man versus time. I mean, we always want more.
Dr. Adam Lindquist: [on park bench] We are prisoners to time. Mankind has always been fascinated with the idea of escaping from it.
Kevin Ulrich: [at outdoor cafe] To be able to go back in time and fix a mistake, or change the outcome of a future event, it's a tantalizing prospect.
Dr. Jack Fincher: [in classroom] Could it even be possible? Well, what did Einstein think?
- ConnectionsReferences Somewhere in Time (1980)
One thing to keep in mind is we are observers, we are not involved in the goings on in this film, think of yourselves like God(not that you are), but you are able to understand and see everything these characters cannot. Those in the film, are not aware of the changes. You're outside of the events and able to see them as they are happening and are unaffected by them. If you keep this point of view, the movie will make far more sense.
If there are any real plot holes here, they are small, and definitely they are not as bad as movies such as the last version of "Time Machine" or any of the hundreds of big-budget Hollywood time travel movies. In fact even the best of low-budget time travel movies don't have perfect time travel theory, but they usually much closer than Hollywood. People always bag on low budget movies because they don't have the big production values. Yet, the acting in this was pretty solid. There were some things that were a little strange such as some of the photos of the family seemed like they were digitally grafted together, I'm guessing they were. But other than that a lot of it felt pretty authentic as a "documentary". Most of the actors did well at being experts in their fields, I especially like the author and the General. I thought they gave it a good try at really creating something that was unique and something that gave a different perspective on time travel.
On the whole I really enjoyed this movie, I watched it before going to bed and all night I dreamed about time travel and the problems that the characters find themselves in. It's not without a few minor flaws, but if you can look over those flaws in a big-budget film, I see no reason why it can't be looked over here, in a movie that has so much creativity and detail in it. On the whole this is definitely one of my favorite low budget time travel movies, and it has a great amount of detail, work, and creativity, put into it, and it certainly deserves a wider audience. It is a shame it was out of distribution until it ended up on Amazon Prime.
~Amy
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- May 11, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1