The Time Machine

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

Cast: Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law, Sienna Guillory

Alexander Hartdegen (Pearce) is a shy, dedicated scientist living in 1899 New York City. Obsessed with the idea of time travel, he teaches at Columbia University as a professor of "Applied Mechanics and Engineering" and gets into trouble for his radical theories. One day, on his way to the park to meet his girlfriend Emma, he becomes distracted by a motor car beside the park gates. He puts himself in immediate good graces with the driver who, while refueling, forgot to activate the parking brake – something Alexander does quickly when it threatens to get out of control. While walking in the park with Emma (Guillory), Alex proposes to her. The romantic moment is short-lived; a robber emerges from nearby bushes and holds a gun on them. Alexander gives him all the money he has, but the robber also wants Emma's ring; both Alexander and Emma refuse to give it up. During the struggle that follows, the gun goes off and Emma is fatally wounded, dying in Alexander's arms....