Film Connections for the Time Travel Lesson Plan

Movies

The Time Machine (PG-13 rating)

The Time Machine (G rating)

Clockstoppers (PG rating)

         Somewhere in Time (PG rating)

Film 1:  The Time Machine (2002)

• Synopsis: 

  � DreamWorks, Warner Bros. 2002

An inventor creates a time machine that takes him 800,000 years into the future, where he helps save humanity from a race of beings called the Morlock.

• Genre(s) – Horror, Adventure, Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
• Rating - PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence
• Family Rating:   Grading the Movies
• Running Time:    1hr. 36 minutes

• Primary Actors – Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Omero Mumba, Jeremy Irons  
• Director – Simon Wells                 
• Music – Klaus Badelt, James Michael Dooley, Alan Zachary, Geoff Zanelli
• Original Book – The Time Machine by H.G. Wells    
• Screenplay – John Logan
• Producers – Arnold Leibovit, David V. Lester, John Logan, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Jorge Saralegui, David Valdes
• Studio(s) – DreamWorks, Warner Brothers

Film 2:  The Time Machine (1960)

• Synopsis: 

  � MGM 1960

An inventor from Victorian England invents a time machine and travels into the far future. Humanity has fallen into a dark time and is preyed upon by a hostile race called the Morlock.

• Genre(s) – Adventure, Science Fiction
• Rating – MPAA - G
• Family Rating – Grading The Movies
• Running Time - 1hr 43 min

• Primary Actors – Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot         
• Director – George Pal         
• Music – Russell Garcia
• Original Book – The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
• Screenplay- George Duncan
• Producers – George Pal
• Studio - MGM

Film 3:  Clockstoppers (2002)

• Synopsis: 

  �Nickelodeon Movies, Valhalla Pictures, Paramount Pictures 2002

A boy’s father fixes a watch for one of his ex-students that can speed up time for the person who wears it. His son, Zak, puts on the watch and accidentally triggers the device. Evil scientists then chase after Zak and his father trying to get the device.

• Genre(s) – Action, Science Fiction
• Rating - MPAA – PG for action violence and mild language
• Family Rating:   Grading the Movies
• Running Time:    1 hr 34 min

• Primary Actors – Jesse Bradford, French Stewart, Paula Garcés
• Director- Jonathan Frakes                    
• Music – Ralph Sall, Jamshied Sharifi      
• Screenplay – Rob Hedden, Andy Hedden
• Producers – Albie Hecht, Rob Hedden, David B. Householter, Gale Anne Hurd, Julia Pistor
• Studio(s) – Nickelodeon Movies, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Paramount Pictures

Film 4:  Somewhere in Time (1980)

• Synopsis: 

  � Rastar Picture, Universal Pictures 1980

A young playwright, Richard Collier, meets a mysterious woman after the opening of his play.  She leaves him with a cryptic message, “Come back to me.”  Curious he investigates further.  His search leads him back through time to the early 1900’s to meet the love of his life.

• Genre(s) – Drama, Fantasy, Romance
• Rating - MPAA – PG
• Family Rating:   Family Style Film Guide
• Running Time:    1 hr 43 min

• Primary Actors – Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer
• Director- Jeannot Szwarc    
• Music – John Barry
• Screenplay – Richard Matheson
• Producers – Steve Bickel, Steven Deutsch, Ray Stark
• Studio(s) – Rastar Picture, Universal Pictures