Timeline (2003 film)

Timeline
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Donner
Screenplay by
Based onTimeline
by Michael Crichton
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyCaleb Deschanel
Edited byRichard Marks
Music byBrian Tyler
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • November 26, 2003 (2003-11-26) (United States)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom[1]
  • United States[1]
Languages
Budget$80 million[2][3]
Box office$43.9 million[3]

Timeline is a 2003 historical science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Donner and starring Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis, and Anna Friel. Based on Michael Crichton's 1999 novel of the same name, the screenplay concerns a team of present-day archaeology and history students who are sent back in time to medieval France to rescue their professor from the middle of a battle.

Jerry Goldsmith composed the original score, which would have been his last before his death in 2004 (his actual last score was Looney Tunes: Back in Action), but was replaced with a new score by Brian Tyler, after the first cut was re-edited and Goldsmith's increasing health problems prevented him from continuing. The film was poorly received by critics and bombed at the box office, losing an estimated $49 million.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Timeline (2003)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Timeline". The Numbers.
  3. ^ a b "Timeline". Box Office Mojo.
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