Time Machine: The Journey Back
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Time Machine: The Journey Back | |
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Directed by | Clyde Lucas |
Written by | Bunky Young David Duncan |
Produced by | Clyde Lucas |
Starring |
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Cinematography | 7th Voyage Productions Inc. Hazie Spiegel Steven Spieldal |
Music by | Clyde Lucas Turner Program Services(original) (current)Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 48 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Time Machine: The Journey Back is a combination
The film's first section is about the time machine prop from The Time Machine, not the film itself, and includes interviews with Academy Award-winner special effect creators Wah Chang and Gene Warren. In its second section, Michael J. Fox sits in the time machine prop and talks about his experience with the DeLorean sports car time machine from the 1985 film Back to the Future. In the film's final section (written by The Time Machine screenwriter David Duncan), Rod Taylor, Alan Young, and Whit Bissell reprise their roles from the original 1960 film.
History
During filming of Time Machine: The Journey Back, Bob Burns III surprised director Clyde Lucas by having Gene Warren drop by. Warren, the award-winning effects creator for the original movie, consented to an on-air interview in which he discussed creating the special effects for the film. This led to an interview with one of Warren's partners, Wah Chang, in Northern California. Chang and Warren shared more details about creating the effects and how the little Time Machine prop was made.
Lucas contacted the original screenwriter, David Duncan, who agreed to write a mini-sequel to George Pal's classic. The mini-sequel featured Whit Bissell's last acting performance.
The Time Machine "sequel"
The mini-sequel reunited George (
Awards
The film won a
In July 2014, Warner Bros. released both the film and the documentary on
References
- ^ "The Time Machine (1960) Blu-ray Detailed," Blu-ray.com (April 8, 2014).