Can you help me build a Time Travel collection? - Britmovie

ChristineCB · 20-10-2006, 02:52 PM

Because you were so good at helping me build my collection of End Of The World As We Know It films, I'm hoping you can recommend some Time Traveler films. The IMBD Search on "time-travel" nets 4,800 titles and, no, I won't be THAT interested.

For me, this genre's attracting elements are "How does Time Traveler interact with the differences, and how do characters react to the time-traveler's insertion into their lives?"

Could you also give a recommendation about each suggested title?

Here's what I have so far:

Back To The Future's...
Butterfly Effect
Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
Final Countdown
Frequency
Grand Tour Disaster In Time
Happy Accidents
House In The Square
Kate & Leopold
Lake House
The Love Letter

Philadephia Experiments...
Planet Of Apes...
Riverworld
Slaughterhouse Five
Somewhere In Time
Terminator's...
Time After Time
Time Bandits
Time Machine
Twelve Monkeys
Les Visiteurs/Just Visiting...
World Without End

* * * *

I didn't include Groundhog Day because, well, it's time-NON-travel. Woody Allen's SLEEPER includes the two attracting elements but it doesn't occur to me to consider this a time-travel film.

DB7 · 20-10-2006, 03:08 PM

Time Flies (1944)

JamesM · 20-10-2006, 04:31 PM

The Spaceman and King Arthur (1979)

JamesM · 20-10-2006, 04:51 PM

Biggles (1986)
A Hitch in Time (1978)

Steve Crook · 21-10-2006, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChristineCB

Because you were so good at helping me build my collection of End Of The World As We Know It films, I'm hoping you can recommend some Time Traveler films. The IMBD Search on "time-travel" nets 4,800 titles and, no, I won't be THAT interested.

You could always refine the search in the IMDb Advanced Search where you can do things like looking for all films with the time-travel keyword that were made in the UK. Yoy can then refine that to exclude TV series and TV movies if you want.

I don't see any of the Dr Who films in your list.
Then there are a few others like:
Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)
Orlando (1992)
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
Fiddlers Three (1944)

And if you include TV series as well then you could also consider ones like
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - the TV series
Life on Mars (2006)

Steve

ChristineCB · 21-10-2006, 10:43 AM

Thanks for all of these. More, more, more! I'm trying to find some reviews about the older films, and am pleased to see there are at least a handful from the '40s so I can see how the subject may have changed over time.

Freddy · 21-10-2006, 11:09 AM

Three more from the television.

In b/w the wonderful Adam Adamant, (1967) Gerald Harper as an Edwardian gentleman adventurer coming alive again after being found frozen in a capsule in the 1960s.

Also two starring Peter Firth from the Play For Today series.

Another Flip for Dominick (1982)
The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)

A time traveller comes back to study London's transport system in the 1980's

best wishes

Freddy

dylan · 21-10-2006, 01:41 PM

La Jetee (1962)
Timeslip (1956)
Groundhog Day (1993)
World Without End (1956)
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Goodnight Sweetheart (TV Series)

...and loads more.

D

dylan · 21-10-2006, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChristineCB

Thanks for all of these. More, more, more! I'm trying to find some reviews about the older films, and am pleased to see there are at least a handful from the '40s so I can see how the subject may have changed over time.

From the 40s Portrait of Jennie (1948)

D

DB7 · 21-10-2006, 03:22 PM

Quest for Love (1971)

Pip · 21-10-2006, 08:05 PM

Hi Christine -
surprised no-one has mentioned the recent film A Sound of Thunder (2005) as we seem to have gone international on this thread.

Also, then, Frankenstein Unbound (1990) and Timeline (2003).

Quest for Love isn't really time-travel, more parallel/alternate world - maybe that could be the subject for your next collection?

Pip

penfold · 21-10-2006, 08:18 PM

I've yet to see it myself, but a silent with a firm reputation is 'The Man Without Desire' (1923) directed by Adrian Brunel, and starring Ivor Novello; an 18th Century Venetian aristo is frozen by an alchemist, and revives in the 1920's....he is dashing, suave and a huge hit with the ladies...but there is one problem; and Viagra is another 80 years away....although if you read between the lines, it's as much to do with sexual inclinations, and the casting of Dear Ivor is calculated...

ChristineCB · 23-10-2006, 12:56 PM

Thanks, please keep them coming! I'm hoping you'll add a line or two's review of any title offered, by the way. The IMDB listing gives me plenty of titles, but I'm hoping to use your personal comments to help me prioritize my quest for acquisition.

FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND is one that I've rejected because I've seen it, and won't waste the 3mm shelf space, LOL.

SOUND OF THUNDER and QUEST FOR LOVE are unfamiliar. Thanks for bringing those to my attention. "Parallel Universe" can share attracting elements, a la Gwyneth Patrow's SLIDING DOORS (which always left me screaming, "Women, it's called The Pill - Contraception - it IS available! You don't all have to get pregnant!")

(I think GROUNDHOG DAY could also fit into that Parallel Universe or Time Non-Travel collection. Please, folks, do NOT suggest more collections for my addiction! "More collections" is exactly what I do NOT need suggestions for!! ha ha... in other words, suggest away!)

Dylan, can you tell me something of LA JETEE?

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)?

Moor Larkin · 23-10-2006, 02:37 PM

An odd tale from Richard Matheson was made into a movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. It involved a man falling in love with a woman from the past and finding a way to go back, by will power (I think), to find her. The book "Bid Time Return" was better than I remember the movie, Somewhere In Time, being, but that is often the case. The story concept is a little different to the usual time-warping machinery/hole plotlines........

Freddy · 23-10-2006, 03:52 PM

J B Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

A moral tale starring the wonderful Alistair Sim

20-10-2006, 02:52 PM	#1
ChristineCB Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,740 Country: iTrader: (13)	Can you help me build a Time Travel collection? Because you were so good at helping me build my collection of End Of The World As We Know It films, I'm hoping you can recommend some Time Traveler films. The IMBD Search on "time-travel" nets 4,800 titles and, no, I won't be THAT interested. For me, this genre's attracting elements are "How does Time Traveler interact with the differences, and how do characters react to the time-traveler's insertion into their lives?" Could you also give a recommendation about each suggested title? Here's what I have so far: Back To The Future's... Butterfly Effect Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Final Countdown Frequency Grand Tour Disaster In Time Happy Accidents House In The Square Kate & Leopold Lake House The Love Letter Philadephia Experiments... Planet Of Apes... Riverworld Slaughterhouse Five Somewhere In Time Terminator's... Time After Time Time Bandits Time Machine Twelve Monkeys Les Visiteurs/Just Visiting... World Without End * * * * I didn't include Groundhog Day because, well, it's time-NON-travel. Woody Allen's SLEEPER includes the two attracting elements but it doesn't occur to me to consider this a time-travel film.

21-10-2006, 08:18 PM	#12
penfold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bristol Posts: 2,799 Country: iTrader: (0)	I've yet to see it myself, but a silent with a firm reputation is 'The Man Without Desire' (1923) directed by Adrian Brunel, and starring Ivor Novello; an 18th Century Venetian aristo is frozen by an alchemist, and revives in the 1920's....he is dashing, suave and a huge hit with the ladies...but there is one problem; and Viagra is another 80 years away....although if you read between the lines, it's as much to do with sexual inclinations, and the casting of Dear Ivor is calculated... __________________ Bit of a Bay Window, what??

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Moor Larkin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North West Frontier Posts: 1,561 Country: iTrader: (0)	An odd tale from Richard Matheson was made into a movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. It involved a man falling in love with a woman from the past and finding a way to go back, by will power (I think), to find her. The book "Bid Time Return" was better than I remember the movie, Somewhere In Time, being, but that is often the case. The story concept is a little different to the usual time-warping machinery/hole plotlines........ __________________ http://theatrical-mcgoohan.mysite.orange.co.uk/

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ChristineCB Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,740 Country: iTrader: (13)	Thanks for all of these. More, more, more! I'm trying to find some reviews about the older films, and am pleased to see there are at least a handful from the '40s so I can see how the subject may have changed over time.

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Freddy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Irish Sea Posts: 1,116 Country: iTrader: (1)	Three more from the television. In b/w the wonderful Adam Adamant, (1967) Gerald Harper as an Edwardian gentleman adventurer coming alive again after being found frozen in a capsule in the 1960s. Also two starring Peter Firth from the Play For Today series. Another Flip for Dominick (1982) The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980) A time traveller comes back to study London's transport system in the 1980's best wishes Freddy

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dylan Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 509 Country: iTrader: (0)	La Jetee (1962) Timeslip (1956) Groundhog Day (1993) World Without End (1956) The Thirteenth Floor (1999) Goodnight Sweetheart (TV Series) ...and loads more. D

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Pip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 100 Country: iTrader: (1)	Hi Christine - surprised no-one has mentioned the recent film A Sound of Thunder (2005) as we seem to have gone international on this thread. Also, then, *Frankenstein Unbound* (1990) and *Timeline* (2003). Quest for Love isn't really time-travel, more parallel/alternate world - maybe that could be the subject for your next collection? Pip

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ChristineCB Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,740 Country: iTrader: (13)	Thanks, please keep them coming! I'm hoping you'll add a line or two's review of any title offered, by the way. The IMDB listing gives me plenty of titles, but I'm hoping to use your personal comments to help me prioritize my quest for acquisition. FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND is one that I've rejected because I've seen it, and won't waste the 3mm shelf space, LOL. SOUND OF THUNDER and QUEST FOR LOVE are unfamiliar. Thanks for bringing those to my attention. "Parallel Universe" can share attracting elements, a la Gwyneth Patrow's SLIDING DOORS (which always left me screaming, "Women, it's called The Pill - Contraception - it IS available! You don't all have to get pregnant!") (I think GROUNDHOG DAY could also fit into that Parallel Universe or Time Non-Travel collection. Please, folks, do NOT suggest more collections for my addiction! "More collections" is exactly what I do NOT need suggestions for!! ha ha... in other words, suggest away!) Dylan, can you tell me something of LA JETEE? 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)?

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Freddy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Irish Sea Posts: 1,116 Country: iTrader: (1)	J B Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'. A moral tale starring the wonderful Alistair Sim