Academy Awards, USA 1961
| Won Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects Gene Warren Tim Baar |
MGM
Directed by George Pal
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)
Rod Taylor is an inventor in Victorian London who tries to convince his skeptical colleagues that he has invented a time machine. He takes it on a test run and goes into the future. He sees both World Wars before ending up in a nuclear attack in the 1960s. He then goes nearly a million years into the future where he finds the remnants of humanity split into two: youth apparently living a life of leisure and underground mutants who control them. His romance with one of the girls is not very convincing, but otherwise this is a sci fi classic based on the novel by H.G. Wells (also the lead character) that is perfect for a Saturday afternoon matinee.
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