Episode 10 - Time Travel

EPISODE TEN

TIME TRAVEL

Safety Not Guaranteed

Time After Time

Back To The Future

Runtime: 1:34:00

https://www.facebook.com/mymoviesbetter/

https://twitter.com/mymoviesbetter

https://radiopublic.com/my-movies-better-6VdDOb

Safety Not Guaranteed
Film poster
Directed by	Colin Trevorrow
Produced by	Marc Turtletaub Peter Saraf Stephanie Langhoff Derek Connolly Colin Trevorrow
Written by	Derek Connolly
Starring	Aubrey Plaza Mark Duplass Jake Johnson Karan Soni Jenica Bergere Kristen Bell Jeff Garlin Mary Lynn Rajskub
Music by	Ryan Miller
Cinematography	Benjamin Kasulke
Edited by	Franklin Peterson Joe Landauer
Production company	Big Beach Duplass Brothers Productions
Distributed by	FilmDistrict
Release date	January 22, 2012(Sundance Film Festival) June 8, 2012 (United States)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$750,000[1]
Box office	$4.4 million[2]

• Aubrey Plaza as Darius Britt
• Mark Duplass as Kenneth Calloway
• Jake Johnson as Jeff Schwensen
• Karan Soni as Arnau
• Jenica Bergere as Liz
• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Bridget
• Kristen Bell as Belinda
• Jeff Garlin as Darius's father
• William Hall, Jr. as Shannon

Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that the story's shenanigans are "harnessed to a plaintive underlying theme about the fading dreams of those aspiring professionals in their 20s and 30s."^[4] Roger Ebert praised the film for the quality of the dialogue, characters with depth and dimension, as well as Mark Duplass for his balanced performance.^[11]

Safety Not Guaranteed has been called "one of the most influential films of the last decade." Made in 2012 with a first-time director and writer and costing less less than a million dollars, this character driven indie caught the eye of Netflix, foreshadowing the role of streaming in film creation and distribution.^[12]

Time After Time
Promotional poster
Directed by	Nicholas Meyer
Produced by	Herb Jaffe
Screenplay by	Nicholas Meyer
Story by	Steve Hayes
Based on	Time After Time 1979 unpublished novel by Karl Alexander[1]
Starring	Malcolm McDowell David Warner Mary Steenburgen
Music by	Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography	Paul Lohmann
Edited by	Donn Cambern
Production company	Warner Bros. Orion Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	September 7, 1979
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$13,000,000[2]

• Malcolm McDowell as Herbert George Wells
• David Warner as John Leslie Stevenson/Jack the Ripper
• Mary Steenburgen as Amy Robbins
• Charles Cioffi as Police Lt. Mitchell
• Kent Williams as assistant
• Patti D'Arbanville as Shirley
• Joseph Maher as Adams

Variety described the film as "a delightful, entertaining trifle of a film that shows both the possibilities and limitations of taking liberties with literature and history. Nicholas Meyer has deftly juxtaposed Victorian England and contemporary America in a clever story, irresistible due to the competence of its cast".^[6] Janet Maslin of The New York Times similarly lauded, "Time After Time is every bit as magical as the trick around which it revolves". She continued:

Mr. Meyer isn't a particularly skilled director; this is his first attempt, and on occasion it's very clumsy. But as a whizkid he's gone straight to the head of the class, with a movie that's as sweet as it is clever, and never so clever that it forgets to be entertaining. The satisfactions Time After Time offers are perhaps no more sophisticated than the fun one might have with an intricate set of electric trains. Still, fun of this sort isn't always easy to come by, not after one's age has climbed up into two digits. There's a lot to be said for an adult's movie with the shimmer of a child's new toy.^[7]

Back to the Future
Theatrical release poster by Drew Struzan
Directed by	Robert Zemeckis
Produced by	Bob Gale Neil Canton
Written by	Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale
Starring	Michael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Lea Thompson Crispin Glover
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Dean Cundey
Edited by	Arthur Schmidt Harry Keramidas
Production company	Amblin Entertainment[1] Universal Pictures[1]
Distributed by	Universal Pictures[1]
Release date	July 3, 1985
Running time	116 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$19 million[3][4]
Box office	$389.1 million[3][4][5]

• Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly
• Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
• Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines-McFly
• Crispin Glover as George McFly
• Thomas F. Wilson as Biff Tannen
• Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker
• James Tolkan as Mr. Strickland
• Marc McClure as Dave McFly
• Wendie Jo Sperber as Linda McFly

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt Back to the Future had similar themes to the films of Frank Capra, especially It's a Wonderful Life. Ebert commented "[Producer] Steven Spielberg is emulating the great authentic past of Classical Hollywood cinema, who specialized in matching the right director (Robert Zemeckis) with the right project." He gave the film 3 1/2 out of 4 stars.^[50] Janet Maslin of The New York Times believed the film had a balanced storyline: "It's a cinematic inventing of humor and whimsical tall tales for a long time to come."^[51] Christopher Null, who first saw the film as a teenager, called it "a quintessential 1980s flick that combines science fiction, action, comedy, and romance all into a perfect little package that kids and adults will both devour."^[52]