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Nick Dando · 23-10-2006, 04:03 PM

Scrooge with Alistair Sim.

Nick

Steve Crook · 23-10-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Freddy

J B Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

A moral tale starring the wonderful Alistair Sim

Time travel? Or a ghost story?

Steve

room 237 · 23-10-2006, 08:24 PM

Ahhh I know you have this in your listing but i got to say that the original George Pal version of The Time Machine has got to be the best ever made. The Time machine was a piece of real artistic genius. Its strange really as when this was released onto DVD the colour had been toned down far too much. The version shown many times on BBC2 on british television was much stronger. The new version of the Time machine i did not like it and it came no where near the best version even despite all the computer helped animation. George Pal Rocks!

penfold · 23-10-2006, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by room 237

George Pal Rocks!

Yes, but have you seen any of his Puppettoons...Glorious!!

room 237 · 23-10-2006, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick Dando

Scrooge with Alistair Sim.

Nick

Uhh? I dont recall this version of Scrooge with Alistair Sim being a Time travel movie?
I know where you are coming from though! The Ghost of christmas past and christmas present. But also being able to move between Past, Present, Future.
Although really this does not rank as a Time travel movie!

Any body suggested the American TV series The Time Tunnel?
Or Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour Somewhere In Time? Sorry if anybody has already mentioned it i must be blind.

penfold · 23-10-2006, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ChristineCB

Pen, I'm definitely looking for the silent MAN WITHOUT DESIRE. I wonder if Hemingway ever saw this film before he wrote SUN ALSO RISES (1926 publ date, so probably written circa 1923-25)?

If you do find a copy available out there, let me know, as I've never seen it, only stills.
I would have thought Ernie would have had more first-hand experiences to draw on in Post WW1 Spain than to get any tangential inspiration out of it...but you never know. Impotence was a common enough fear post WW1...many men damaged physically and psychologically coming home don't forget...and so it was bound to be a popular (if that's the right word) topic. See also Lady Chatterley's Lover, (1928) The Big Parade(1925)....and many of the films of Lon Chaney (for the physical handicap aspect)
I do think the makers of Adam Adamant may have seen it though....

DB7 · 23-10-2006, 08:50 PM

Another parallel world story is Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.

ChristineCB · 23-10-2006, 10:26 PM

237's comment about Scrooge... I never thought about it but Scrooge does visit the future - one version of it, at least.

I procurred a few discs of the recently-released TV Time Tunnel, and it's fairly awful - very long on promise, very short on delivery. Our two scientists are dumped from one historic disaster to another, only to be rescued in the nick of, er, time. For example, a relaxing voyage on the Titanic, a quiet day on Pompeii's beach, or viewing the Statue Of Liberty on Heir Hitler's Hindenburg prior to its docking in some New Jersey field.

Each episode is 50 minutes of incessantly similar dialog, always attempting to convince the same cast of extras of the forthcoming disaster, and then a 30-second leap into the time-tunnel's suddenly-appearing vortex into next week's new adventure. By the second episode, I was cheering for the vortex to appear too late but the producers required a second season before leaping away permanently.

Twenty years later, an almost identical theme was used in USA TV's Quantum Leap.

Santonix · 24-10-2006, 08:47 AM

May we include a time travelling Ghost who also manages to cross The Atlantic?
Robert Donat in The Ghost Goes West.

ChristineCB · 24-10-2006, 12:19 PM

Oooh, never heard of that one. Yes, include it!

I hope "fear of duplicate listings" or "fear of imperfect qualifiers" won't keep any suggested title from being offered. I can handle all the Edits easily enough - I'm hoping your collective wisdom will continue to give me more and more suggestions.

Nick Dando · 24-10-2006, 03:35 PM

Baron Münchausen in all of its different versions. I rate the Czechoslavakian (Baron Prásil) and German (Hans Albers) versions very highly, even though they were both the products of totalitarian states.

Nick

dylan · 24-10-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ChristineCB

Thanks, please keep them coming! <snip>

Dylan, can you tell me something of LA JETEE?

It's Chris Marker's 1962 film set in Paris and was the source for 12 MONKEYS:

La Jetee (1962)

D

barrington bond · 24-10-2006, 07:09 PM

The ITV childrens series of about 1969/70 Time Slip - very, very good.
Millenium the film not series.
The Invention Of Destruction (I think the Cosmonaut goes into the past?)
Superman The Movie!
Red Dwarf - Tikka To Ride
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (Planet/Beneath)
Star Trek: The Voyage Home
Star Trek loads of episodes to mention.
Time Bandits
Time After Time
The Terminator
The Time Travellers

What has Baron Munchausen got to do with time travel - I have both those movies...

barrington bond · 24-10-2006, 07:11 PM

Oops! double post - it said I wasn't logged in though!

PS68060 · 07-11-2006, 05:35 PM

Maybe this should go in another section but could someone name a Time Travel film for me.

It's from USA I think (sorry) and probably from the 50's or 60's and I haven't seen it for about 30 years so I can only remember little bits and it may be from different films. It could even be a tv programme.

I remember a large picture window to the "control room", after the journey back in time they walk out into the field and someone steps on an insect/butterfly. Of course when they return to their present things have changed.

Now it may be from a separate film but I also recall 3-4 people in silly "space-age" suits with time-travel belts (like the Tomorrow People). They are able to jump back in time and prevent a man getting shot or something like that.

07-11-2006, 05:35 PM	#30
PS68060 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Beds., GB Posts: 186 Country: iTrader: (0)	Maybe this should go in another section but could someone name a Time Travel film for me. It's from USA I think (sorry) and probably from the 50's or 60's and I haven't seen it for about 30 years so I can only remember little bits and it may be from different films. It could even be a tv programme. I remember a large picture window to the "control room", after the journey back in time they walk out into the field and someone steps on an insect/butterfly. Of course when they return to their present things have changed. Now it may be from a separate film but I also recall 3-4 people in silly "space-age" suits with time-travel belts (like the Tomorrow People). They are able to jump back in time and prevent a man getting shot or something like that. __________________ "Oh! Pete!"

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23-10-2006, 04:03 PM	#16
Nick Dando Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stamford Posts: 683 Country: iTrader: (2)	Scrooge with Alistair Sim. Nick

23-10-2006, 08:24 PM	#18
room 237 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bristol South West United Kingdom Posts: 98 Country: iTrader: (0)	Ahhh I know you have this in your listing but i got to say that the original George Pal version of The Time Machine has got to be the best ever made. The Time machine was a piece of real artistic genius. Its strange really as when this was released onto DVD the colour had been toned down far too much. The version shown many times on BBC2 on british television was much stronger. The new version of the Time machine i did not like it and it came no where near the best version even despite all the computer helped animation. George Pal Rocks!

23-10-2006, 08:50 PM	#22
DB7 Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shrops Posts: 5,757 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	Another parallel world story is Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.

23-10-2006, 10:26 PM	#23
ChristineCB Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,740 Country: iTrader: (13)	237's comment about Scrooge... I never thought about it but Scrooge does visit the future - one version of it, at least. I procurred a few discs of the recently-released TV Time Tunnel, and it's fairly awful - very long on promise, very short on delivery. Our two scientists are dumped from one historic disaster to another, only to be rescued in the nick of, er, time. For example, a relaxing voyage on the Titanic, a quiet day on Pompeii's beach, or viewing the Statue Of Liberty on Heir Hitler's Hindenburg prior to its docking in some New Jersey field. Each episode is 50 minutes of incessantly similar dialog, always attempting to convince the same cast of extras of the forthcoming disaster, and then a 30-second leap into the time-tunnel's suddenly-appearing vortex into next week's new adventure. By the second episode, I was cheering for the vortex to appear too late but the producers required a second season before leaping away permanently. Twenty years later, an almost identical theme was used in USA TV's Quantum Leap.

24-10-2006, 08:47 AM	#24
Santonix Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 163 Country: iTrader: (0)	May we include a time travelling Ghost who also manages to cross The Atlantic? Robert Donat in The Ghost Goes West.

24-10-2006, 12:19 PM	#25
ChristineCB Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,740 Country: iTrader: (13)	Oooh, never heard of that one. Yes, include it! I hope "fear of duplicate listings" or "fear of imperfect qualifiers" won't keep any suggested title from being offered. I can handle all the Edits easily enough - I'm hoping your collective wisdom will continue to give me more and more suggestions.

24-10-2006, 03:35 PM	#26
Nick Dando Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stamford Posts: 683 Country: iTrader: (2)	Baron Münchausen in all of its different versions. I rate the Czechoslavakian (Baron Prásil) and German (Hans Albers) versions very highly, even though they were both the products of totalitarian states. Nick

24-10-2006, 07:09 PM	#28
barrington bond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Farnborough Posts: 40 Country: iTrader: (0)	The ITV childrens series of about 1969/70 Time Slip - very, very good. Millenium the film not series. The Invention Of Destruction (I think the Cosmonaut goes into the past?) Superman The Movie! Red Dwarf - Tikka To Ride Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (Planet/Beneath) Star Trek: The Voyage Home Star Trek loads of episodes to mention. Time Bandits Time After Time The Terminator The Time Travellers What has Baron Munchausen got to do with time travel - I have both those movies...

24-10-2006, 07:11 PM	#29
barrington bond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Farnborough Posts: 40 Country: iTrader: (0)	Oops! double post - it said I wasn't logged in though!