The Time Traveler's Wife Hollywood Movie 2009
Cast and Crew
Release Date: August 14, 2009
Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director: Robert Schwentke
Screenwriter: Bruce Joel Rubin
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements, brief disturbing images, nudity and sexuality)
Official Website: TheTimeTravelersWifemovie.com
Plot Summary
A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian (Bana) with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage.
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"The Time Traveler's Wife" is based on the best-selling book about a love that transcends time. Clare (Rachel McAdams) has been in love with Henry (Eric Bana) her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler—cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love.
When the word time travel crosses our minds, what do we think? Do we hop straight to the realms of Back to the Future, or think of the more magical aspect through Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban? Discard both of those because this romantic comedy takes on an different perspective within the strange boundaries of time travel. Thus begins the novel adaptation onto the big screen of The Time Traveler’s Wife
Review
Whenever you hear the name The Time Traveler's Wife, do you automatically think it must be a sci-fi movie? Although the title would suggest it is, director Robert Schwentke wants you to know one thing: it isn't. Talking to Sci Fi Wire, he said:
"At the heart of every time-travel narrative there is a paradox, and at some point you just have to roll with it. Since Henry doesn't really change anything in the past that significantly affects anything but personal choices and personal outcome, we kind of tried to run the other way [from the sci-fi] as fast as we could."
On the subject of the sci-fi heavy effects, he explained how his team didn't let them get in the way of their story:
We didn't have the luxury of having finished visual effects to put in, so we did these really primitive wipes. That's really what they were. We watched the movie with those effects and realized how very little hinged on these effects being fantastically, wonderfully done. Not that they're not wonderfully done, but we became very aware that we needed to downplay them, that they shouldn't get in the way of anything, so it didn't feel at any turn like you're watching a different movie.
It sounds like epic romance is the order of the day for Time Traveler's Wife promotion, with no mention of sci-fi anywhere to be seen. We have to agree. The book isn't about Henry's ability to magically disappear, it's about his relationships and how it affects those around him — and the movie should be, too.http://openfaves.com
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