The Time Machine - Rod Taylor - Remastered! [DVD] [1960]

An excellent film , classic in every way . Must have for any film collection.

A classic

Even if this film is now 54 years old, it still remains amongst the best SF films ever - and definitely the best adaptation of novella "Time Machine", a great old classic written in 1895... Below, more of my impressions, with some very limited SPOILERS. On January 5, 1900, four friends arrive for a dinner at a house located near London, but their host, H. G. Wells (Rod Taylor), whom they usually call George, is absent. As requested, they begin without him, but then George staggers in, exhausted and shocked, wearing dirty clothes. He claims that he just came back from a time travel to the most distant future... And then the film begins. PRECISION: I cannot compare this film with 2002 version with Guy Pearce, as I didn't see this latter movie - and after watching the trailer I certainly do not intend to. Although old and using antiquated special effects, this film is nevertheless a most excellent thing, which I watched recently with as much pleasure as when I saw it the first time on TV as a child in the 70s. As most people know the greatest part of the time travel described in H.G. Wells story occurs in year 802 701AD, a time in which humanity is divided into two different sub-species, the beautiful vegetarian Eloi living on the surface and the monstrous cannibalistic Morlocks who hate sunlight and dwell underground. Well, here the story was a little bit changed but it actually did this film a great deal of GOOD as the main hero has to stop a couple of times on his way to 802 701AD - and those added chapters are excellent! Once we arrive to the era of Eloi and Morlocks, the film returns to the original story and does it with considerable fidelity, even if here also some changes were done, making this film somehow less pessimistic and cruel than the novella. The strength of this film is not in the speciall effects, but in the story, the dialogs, the general atmosphere and an excellent performance offered by Rod Taylor and also by the leading lady. Yvette Mimieux who plays Weena, an Eloi girl George meets in 802 701AD, is a splendor to contemplate and even though the story doesn't offer her too many good lines to say, she portrayed the main female character very skillfully. One can simply not help but like Weena and I started to be very concerned for her safety from the first second I saw her - and there were reasons to be concerned... The one thing that is missing here are those pages of the novella which describe the dying Earth 30 million years in the future - in the film the hero doesn't go that far. However, the very ending of the novella is present in this film - and it is a great and very, very touching moment. Bottom line, this is a GREAT film, which (other than in the special effects) didn't age at all. A recommended viewing. Enjoy!

Classic movie with an original script makes for a good movie for the family. The scene where Time changes in the shop front opposite George's house (Rod Taylor), has lived with me since the movie was released in the 60's.

Absolute classic, shame it has never had an upgrade in resolution but the quality matches the memory.

Great classic film

Excellent sci-fi film

A fabulous film version of H.G. Wells classic tale, well acted by a superb cast. In my opinion well worth watching

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Fantastic movie great extra features 👏

One of the early time travel Sci-Fi movies that still stands the test of time, pardon the pun. A CGI-free film, probably that is one reason why I find it appealing.

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Classic SCI-FI movie I remember watching as a kid. I wish it were easy to stream movies of this vintage and older instead of all the drama and violence crap available today.