(Timeline)
A movie directed by Richard Donner
2003
Back to the 100 Years' War
Original title
Timeline
Director
Richard DONNER
Writing credits
Jeff MAGUIRE
George NOLFI
From a novel by
Michael CRICHTON
Producer
Richard DONNER
Lauren SHULER DONNER
Jim VAN WYCK
Co-Producer
Michael AGUILAR
Kevin DE LA NOY
Executive Producer
Gary LEVINSOHN
Michael OVITZ
Associated Producer
Derek HOFFMAN
Brian READ
Music
Brian TYLER
Cinematography
Caleb DESCHANEL
Editor
Richard MARKS
Casting
Sarah FINN
Randi HILLER
Production Designer
Daniel T. DORRANCE
Art Direction
Caroline ALDER
Réal PROULX
David SANDEFUR
Set Decoration
Jille AZIS
Costume Design
Jenny BEAVAN
Makeup Department
Claudette B. CASAVANT
Annick CHARTIER
Sandro Di GIOACCHINO
Jacques DIAMOND
C.J. GOLDMAN
Élaine HAMEL
Johanne HANSEN
Tahira HEROLD
Manon JOLY
Gaétan LANDRY
Ludovie LEPAGE
Lori MCCOY-BELL
Julie MIGNOT
Bob PRITCHETT
Cécile RIGAULT
Martin RIVEST
Ronald J. ROLFE
Nathalie TRÉPANIER
Fanny VACHON
Nicole VEILLETTE
Adrianna VELBERT
Production Manager
Daniel AUCLAIR
Alain BERNARD
Lucie BOULIANE
Kevin DE LA NOY
Stephane DESHARNAIS
Maurice FORGET
Michel LEROUX
Susan TOWNER
David WITZ
Assistant Director
Frank RUSZCZYNSKI
Jim VAN WYCK
Sound Department
Cindy MARTY
Michael O'FARRELL
Special Effects
Neil CORBOULD
Louis CRAIG
Mario DUMONT
Adrien MOROT
Roger GUYETT
Denise REAM
Production Companies
Artists Production Group
Cobalt Media Group
Mutual Film Company
Paramount Pictures
The Donners' Company
U.S.A.
Distributors
Concorde Filmverleih GmbH
Eagle Pictures S.p.a.
GAGA Communications
Paramount Pictures
TriPictures S.A.
United International Pictures
Runtime
116 minutes
In the heart of the beautiful and historically rich Dordogne Valley of France, a team of archaeology students and their professor diligently work to uncover the ruins of a 14th-century castle. For Professor Edward Johnston, the project is the culmination of a lifelong dream. Aided by assistant professor Andre Marek, his son Chris and students Kate, Stern and Francois, Johnston has made major strides in unearthing not only La Roque Castle but also a monastery and structures from the surrounding village of Castelgard.
Astonish discovery
But things are about to go haywire...
Lord Arnaut | Suspicious of the dig's benefactor, International Technology Corporation (ITC) and the man who runs it, Robert Doniger, Professor Johnston heads to ITC headquarters in New Mexico to get some answers, and while he's away, his students discover a chamber that has been sealed for more than 600 years. Marek and Kate descend into the unstable room, and just before a near disastrous cave-in, they make two startling discoveries -- a bifocal lens, which couldn't have been invented before the chamber was sealed, and even more intriguing, a handwritten plea for help dated April 2, 1357... from Professor Johnston! |
Lady Claire
Determined to solve the mystery, the students head for ITC headquarters, where they are stunned to learn of Doniger's new invention -- a machine that can actually transmit three-dimensional objects through space. Although he meant for the device to revolutionize shipping, Doniger inadvertently opened a wormhole that leads directly to the 14th century, and Professor Johnston, who had insisted on experiencing the discovery himself, is now trapped in a vicious French vs. English feudal war! Can Johnston's loyal students survive one of the most violent battles in world history... and make it back to the 21st century alive?
In order to impose a total realism, Richard Donner (Ladyhawke, Superman, Lethal Weapon) made build in the vicinity of Montreal in only thirteen weeks the complete human size structures of a castle based on castles of the valley of the Dordogne in France. Scenes of the most elaborated combats mobilized up to 300 hundred of participating people armed with masses, sabres, swords, arcs and burning arrows.
With more than 100 millions of copies translated in about thirty languages, Michael Crichton alternates between bestsellers and direction of prestigious films (Westworld, Looker, Coma). For this writer and moviemaker fascinated by science fiction, « Timeline » is his twelfth novel carried to screen.
Battle rages!
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