Timeline (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Billy Connolly, Gerard Butler, Marton Csokas, Matt Craven, Mike ChuteDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-13
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Timeline (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: "I Wish We'd Met At Another Time ~ Making History, Together"
Summary: 4 Stars
Synopsis: Against the backdrop of 14th century France a group of 20th century archeology students and their professor find themselves partaking in history rather than excavating it. They are transported back in time only hours before a pivotal battle between English and French forces is about to begin. While their initial desire is only to escape, as the hostilities progress they find themselves becoming involved in the conflict, choosing sides and ultimately playing an important role in determining the eventual outcome.
Critique: The '03 release `Timeline' is an overall entertaining time travel/romance tale that relies on the audience interest in the characters rather than special effects to hold the viewers interest. Along with the time travel scenario there are also two love stories unfolding in this film, one between the professors son Chris (Paul Walker) and archeology student Kate (Frances O'Connor), the other between fellow time traveler Andre (Gerard Butler) and 14th century beauty Lady Claire (Anna Friel). It was the relationship and interplay between Butler and Friel that made the film for me. Without those two this film would've received -3 Stars- at best. Give it a try especially if you're a Gerard Butler fan.
Summary of Timeline (Widescreen Edition)
Just enough of Michael Crichton's novel survives in Timeline to make it a passable popcorn thriller. It's likely that Crichton fans will lament the shallowness of director Richard Donner's film, and its gee-whiz style of acting lays waste to any scientific credibility that Crichton's scenario might have retained. Still, the Crichton formula is a sturdy one, following the model of Westworld and Jurassic Park by involving a small band of adventurers in a fantastical realm of danger and death. In this case, a group of archaeologists and combat experts (led by Paul Walker and Frances O'Connor) use a "3-D fax machine" (so much for technobabble!) to time-travel back to France in 1357, in hopes of retrieving Walker's father (Billy Connolly) and returning safely to the present. No such luck! Fending for themselves against marauding hordes of medieval French warriors at war with the invading British, these semi-intrepid travelers find their body count rising, and the deadline for their return home is rapidly approaching. All well and good, so far, and the castles-and-crossbows action reaches a fever pitch, but it's obvious that Donner's too lazy to make the much better film that this could and should have been. Despite its enjoyable highlights, Timeline is perfunctory entertainment. --Jeff ShannonAction & Adventure DVD Video
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