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Directed by | George Pal |
Screenplay by | David Duncan |
Based on | The Time Machine 1895 novel by H. G. Wells |
Produced by | George Pal |
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Narrated by | Rod Taylor |
Cinematography | Paul C. Vogel |
Edited by | George Tomasini |
Music by | Russell Garcia |
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Distributed by | Loew's[1] |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $829,000[3] or $827,000[4] |
Box office | $2.61 million[3] |
The Time Machine (also marketed as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine) is a 1960 American period post-apocalyptic science fiction film based on the 1895 novella of the same name by H. G. Wells. It was produced and directed by George Pal, and stars Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, and Alan Young. The story is set in Victorian England and follows an inventor who constructs a machine that enables him to travel into the distant future. Once there, he discovers that mankind's descendants have divided into two species, the passive, childlike, and vegetarian Eloi and the underground-dwelling Morlocks, who feed on the Eloi.
The film was originally released on August 17, 1960, and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2] It received the Academy Award for Best Special Effects[5] for its time-lapse photographic effects, which show the world changing rapidly as the time traveler journeys into the future.