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About
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Theatrical
Aug 17, 1960
Box Office
$6K
Budget
$750K
Return
0.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 1, 1992
Theaters
2
Director
George Pal
Writer
David Duncan
Producer
George Pal
Music
Russell Garcia
Studio
Galaxy Films Inc., George Pal Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Quotes
See all →The Mystery of the Missing Books
DR. Philip Hillyer
I'll be damned! But where did it go?George: Nowhere in the usual sense - it's still here!
David Filby
He must have taken something with him...Mrs. Watchett (George's housekeeper): Nothing... except three books.David Filby: Which three books?Mrs. Watchett: I don't know... is it important?David Filby: Oh, I suppose not. Only, which three books would you have taken?
Mrs. Watchett
Mister Filby, do you suppose he'll ever return?David Filby: One cannot choose, but wonder. You see, he's all the time in the world.
A Brotherly Warning Against the Time Machine
David Filby
George... I speak to you as a friend – more as a brother... if that machine can do what you say it can, destroy it. Destroy it, George, before it destroys you!
Reflections on Time and Human Struggle
George
What have you done? Thousands of years of building and rebuilding, creating and recreating so you could let it crumble to dust. A million years of sensitive men dying for their dreams, for what? So you can swim, and dance, and play... You, all of you, I'm going back to my own time; I won't even bother to tell of the useless struggle and their hopeless future, but at least I can die among men!
[George becomes furious when he discovers the Elois' passive nature]
Reflections on Humanity's Struggle and Hope
George
Man's past – is mainly a grim struggle for survival. But there have been moments, when a few voices have spoken up...
[In the year 802,701, George speaks to Weena about the past]
