The Time Machine

2002 film directed by Simon Wells
Movie film Q499633
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Summary

The Time Machine is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,482 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Simon Wells[3]
  • Screenwriter: John Logan[4], David Duncan[5]
  • Composer: Klaus Badelt[6]
  • Genre: action film[7], science fiction film[8], post-apocalyptic film[9], dystopian film[10], time-travel film[11]
  • Based on: The Time Machine[12]
  • Cast member: Guy Pearce[13], Mark Addy[14], Samantha Mumba[15], Phyllida Law[16], Sienna Guillory[17], Jeremy Irons[18], Alan Young[19], Orlando Jones[20], Doug Jones[21]
  • Producer: Walter F. Parkes[22]
  • Production company: Parkes/MacDonald Productions[23]
  • Director of photography: Donald McAlpine[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Review score: 4.8/10[27], 42/100[28], 28%[29], 6.0/10[30]
  • Color: color[31]
  • Country of origin: United States[32]
  • Publication date: March 4, 2002[33], March 21, 2002[34]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[35], Netflix[36], Xfinity Streampix[37]
  • Narrative location: New York City[38]
  • Filming location: New York City[39], California[40], Los Angeles[41]
  • Main subject: time travel[42]
  • Film editor: Wayne Wahrman[43]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[44]
  • Title: The Time Machine[45]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[46]
  • After a work by: H. G. Wells[47]
  • Different from: Q9358729[48]

Why It Matters

The Time Machine has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W074117
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  2. 17d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa',
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 268695
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  4. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 25755
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  5. 8w ago · Akela · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iszdb film id → 2385
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  6. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0028620
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 5171
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  8. 23w ago · Joao4669 · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2002-03-04T00:00:00Z, +2002-03-21T00:00:00Z
    Color → color
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+92'}
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