HG Wells The Time Machine film poster – Reynold Brown – 50×70|A1|A2|A3|A4 – (US 30×40)

HG Wells’ The Time Machine film poster – 1960

We love this film. As you can tell by the amount of Time Machine posters we offer on this website. This is another superb reproduction of the stunning The Time Machine film poster. This version was created for the US release of one of the finest sci-fi movies of the 1960s. The dramatic movie poster was created by the famous poster artist Reynold Brown who designed and produced the artwork for the posters of many classic Hollywood films. His iconic posters are highly sought after and Brown is widely generally regarded as one of the most important graphic artists and poster designers in the history of American cinema.

Reynold Brown’s US 30×40 poster design for The Time Machine film portrays Rod Taylor as H George Wells and Weena, one of the Eloi women,running across the Eloi landscape above ground. The couple are heading for the Morlock statue, the cave entrance to the Morlock Tunnels. The image is split in half with the bottom half featuring the underground network of tunnels filled with the ape-like Morlocks in search of the pair. The artwork is superb.

The poster reads: You will Orbit into the fantastic future! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents A George Pal production. HG Wells’ The Time Machine… in fantastic METROCOLOR. Starring Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore. Screenplay by David Duncan. Based on the Novel by HG Wells. Directed by George Pal.

The Time Machine film

If you weren’t born in the 1960s or 1970s, it’s almost impossible to understand the impact this film had. The Time Machine is a science fiction story written by the great HG Wells and published in 1895. The book is widely credited with the popularisation of the concept of using a vehicle or device to ‘time-travel through time. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle or device.

The 1960 American period science fiction film, The Time Machine was produced and directed by George Pal. It stars Rod Taylor as H. George Wells, Alan Young as Filby, Yvette Mimieux as Weena, Sebastian Cabot as Dr. Philip Hillyer, Tom Helmore as Anthony Bridewell,, Whit Bissell as Walter Kemp, and Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Watchett.

The film’s synopsis follows H. George Wells, an inventor in Victorian England who constructs a machine that enables him to travel into the distant future. Once there, he discovers that mankind’s descendants have been divided into two species, the passive, childlike, and vegetarian Eloi and the underground-dwelling Morlocks, who feed on the Eloi.

The film was based on the 1895 novella of the same name by H. G. Wells which was influential on the development of science fiction. Ironically, time hasn’t been kind to the film. The improvements in techniques over the last sixty-five years, make the special effects in the film look basic and dated. However, at the time they were ground-breaking. Gene Warren and Tim Baar received the Academy Award for Best Special Effects that year for its time-lapse photographic effects, which show the world changing rapidly as the time traveler journeys into the future.

Without The Time Machine film there would have been no Tardis in Doctor Who, no jumping through time and space, rectifying historical mistakes for Dr Sam Beckett in five, yes FIVE! series of Quantum Leap. There would have been no going Back to the Future for Marty McFly and Doc Brown – and by proxy no boy band called McFly!. It even influenced and inspired Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady and Steven Molaro, the writers of The Big Bang Theory. The entire 14th episode ‘The Nerdvana Annihilation’ from the first series was an homage to the film.

The film only gets a 79% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. I don’t mind… this was one of my favourite childhood films, and I still have The Time Machine film poster on my wall to this very day!

How much is an original La Machine a Explorer le temps film poster worth?

Original lithographic prints produced to promote the French release of The Time Machine movie do show up for sale or at auction periodically. Because there are several points of interest with the subject matter they appeal to quite a wide variety of poster collectors. Fans of author HG Wells, early sci-fi movie buffs, Rod Taylor fans as well as people who still love the film make this poster reasonably well sought-after. An original copy of this US 30″x40″ poster, sold in 2019 for almost €2,000 price. It’s a very scarce poster and rarely ever comes to auction!

There’s no argument from us, if you can find an original copy and can afford to buy it, you’re on to a winner. There’s nothing like owning an original vintage poster and they often make a great investment. Chances are in just a few years you’ll be able to sell it for more than you paid for it. Unfortunately, for most of us, an investment, even at the entry-level prices of the collectible poster isn’t even close to being a possibility. This is where our stunning high-quality reproductions come into their own. They cost a fraction of an original and look absolutely fantastic when they’re framed and hung on your living room wall.