Director
George Pal
Leading Actors/Actresses
Rod Taylor
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux
Genre
Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Language
English
Awards
Won 1 Oscar: Best Effects - Special Effects
Date of Release
1960
Producer
George Pal
Setting and Context
London 1899, 1940, 1966 and 800,000 years into the future
Narrator and Point of View
POV is that of George
Tone and Mood
Dramatic, serious
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist is George. Antagonists are war and the Morlocks
Major Conflict
George has invented a time machine and gone 800,000 years into the future where man has devolved.
Climax
George returns to his current time in 1900 where his friends have a hard time believing his attempt to go into the future is real.
Foreshadowing
George returning from the future in the beginning of the film foreshadows that he will make it back, but having gone through hell to do so.
Understatement
It is understated that George will return to Weena rather than stay in 1900 London.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
The use of stop motion to create the special effects for time travel.
Allusions
The film is an allusion to time being a dimension in which mankind can travel, along with other concepts developed in the source novel of the same name by H.G. Wells.
Paradox
George tells Weena that he is a man that is out of place in her world. Paradoxically, he chooses to travel back to her at the end of the film.
Parallelism
George's return from the future early in the film is paralleled at the end of the film.
