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1960 · 1h 43m · Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

The Time Machine

Directed byGeorge Pal
TMDB
7.4
958 votes
Metacritic
67
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
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Box office
$2.61M
3.1x its $829K budget
Released Aug 17, 1960 by Galaxy Films Inc. and George Pal Productions
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Critics (Metacritic)67
Audience (TMDB x 10)74

Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 7 points.

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Director
George Pal
Cinematography
Paul Vogel
Producers
George Pal
1 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1961
    Visual Effects by Gene Warren, Tim Baar
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