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In Time
In Time is a 2011 American dystopian science fiction action thriller film
In Time
written, directed, and produced by Andrew Niccol. Justin Timberlake,
Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy star as inhabitants in a society where
people stop aging at 25. Instead of using paper money, a new economic
system uses time as currency, and each person has a clock on their arm
that counts down how long they have to live. The film was released on
October 28, 2011.

Contents
Plot
Cast
Production
Copyright lawsuit
Similar works
Reception
Theatrical release poster
Critical response
Box office Directed by Andrew Niccol
References Produced by Andrew Niccol
External links Marc Abraham
Eric Newman

Plot Written by Andrew Niccol

Starring Justin
In 2169, people are genetically engineered to stop aging on their 25th
birthday. Everyone then develops a countdown on their forearm set for a Timberlake
year. When the clock reaches zero, that person "times out," or dies. Time Amanda
has thus become the universal currency, transferred between people or Seyfried
within "time capsules." Two major areas called Time Zones exist within Olivia Wilde
Ohio: Dayton, a poor manufacturing area where people rarely have more
Vincent
than 24 hours on their watch, and Greenwich, which is called New
Kartheiser
Greenwich, where people have enough time to essentially be immortal.
Johnny Galecki
Will Salas is a Dayton factory worker, who rescues a drunken man named Cillian Murphy
Henry Hamilton from a robbery by a group of time-robbing thugs led by Matt Bomer
Fortis. Hamilton reveals that the people of New Greenwich hoard most of
Alex Pettyfer
the time to live forever, while constantly increasing costs keeps poorer
people dying. The next morning, Hamilton transfers 116 years of his time Music by Craig Armstrong
to Will, and times out. Raymond Leon, leader of the police-like Cinematography Roger Deakins

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Timekeepers erroneously assumes that Will played a part in Hamilton's Edited by Zach Staenberg
death.
Production New Regency[1]
company
Will visits his friend Borel, who warns him that having so much time will Strike
get him killed. Will gives Borel ten years and goes to meet his mother to Entertainment[1]
leave for New Greenwich together. She uses all but 90 minutes of her time
Distributed by 20th Century
to pay off and dies in Will's arms before he can lend her time.
Fox
In New Greenwich, Will visits a casino and meets time-loaning Release date October 20, 2011
businessman Philippe Weis and his daughter Sylvia. While playing poker, (Westwood, Los
Will comes dangerously close to timing out but eventually wins more than Angeles)[2]
a millennium in a flawless gamble. Sylvia invites him to a party, and Will
October 28, 2011
buys a new sports car and drives himself to the party. Indoors, Will is
(United States)
arrested by the Timekeepers.
Running time 109 minutes[3]
All but two hours of his time are confiscated. Will takes Sylvia as a hostage
and returns to Dayton. They are ambushed by Fortis' gang, and are left Country United States
with 30 minutes each. Will attempts to get some time back from Borel, but Language English
he has drunk himself to death. Will calls Weis to demand a 1,000-year Budget $40 million[4]
ransom to be paid into the time-mission for the desperate. When Weis
Box office $174 million[5]
refuses, Will releases Sylvia anyway. They are ambushed by Raymond,
whom Sylvia shoots in the arm to protect Will. They steal his car, and Will gives Raymond enough time to survive.

Will and Sylvia rob Weis' time banks, giving the extra time capsules to the needy. However, the pair soon realize that
they cannot significantly change anything, as New Greenwich simply raises prices on Daytoners. So they rob Weis' vault
of a one-million-year capsule. Raymond chases them back to Dayton but is too late to stop them from distributing the
stolen time. He intends to stop other Daytoners escaping, but times out.

TV reports show factories in Dayton shutting down as everyone has enough time and abandons their jobs to go to New
Greenwich. Having seen the consequences of Raymond's obsession with Will and Sylvia, Jaeger orders the Timekeepers
to go back home. Will and Sylvia continue robbing banks as part of their efforts to crash the system, while the rich
attempt to cope with the sudden surge of people infiltrating their zone.

Cast
Justin Timberlake as Will Salas Sasha Pivovarova as Clara Weis (Sylvia's
Amanda Seyfried as Sylvia Weis grandmother)
Cillian Murphy as Timekeeper Raymond Leon Jesse Lee Soffer as Webb
Alex Pettyfer as Fortis Bella Heathcote as Michele Weis (Sylvia's mother)
Vincent Kartheiser as Philippe Weis Toby Hemingway as Timekeeper Kors
Olivia Wilde as Rachel Salas Melissa Ordway as Leila
Matt Bomer as Henry Hamilton Jessica Parker Kennedy as Edouarda
Johnny Galecki as Borel Christoph Sanders as Nixon
Collins Pennie as Timekeeper Jaeger Jeff Staron as Oris
Ethan Peck as Constantin Matt O'Leary as Moser
Yaya DaCosta as Greta, Borel's wife Nick Lashaway as Ekman
Rachel Roberts as Carrera Ray Santiago as Victa
August Emerson as Levi Kris Lemche as Markus

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Laura Ashley Samuels as Sagita

Production
Before the film was titled In Time, the names Now and I'm.mortal were used.[6] On July 12, 2010, it was reported that
Amanda Seyfried had been offered a lead role.[7] On July 27, 2010, it was confirmed that Justin Timberlake had been
offered a lead role.[8] On August 9, 2010, Cillian Murphy was confirmed to have joined the cast.[9]

The first photos from the set were revealed on October 28, 2010.[10] 20th Century Fox and New Regency distributed the
film, and Marc Abraham and Eric Newman's Strike Entertainment produced it.[11]

In an interview with Kristopher Tapley of In Contention, Roger Deakins stated that he would be shooting the film in
digital, which makes this the first film to be shot in digital by the veteran cinematographer.[12]

The Dayton scenes were filmed primarily in the Skid Row and Boyle Heights neighborhoods of Los Angeles, while the
New Greenwich scenes were filmed primarily in Century City, Bel Air, and Malibu. Although the names of the ghetto-
like zone and wealthy enclave reflect Dayton and Greenwich, respectively, the maps used by the Timekeepers are maps
of Los Angeles.

Using the common device of Future-Retro, the production's vehicle suppliers assembled a fleet of cars and trucks from
used car lots and junkyards. Although an ancient Citroën DS 21 and Cadillac Seville feature, center stage goes to a fleet
of seemingly immaculate Dodge Challengers and Lincoln Continentals. The rich drive around in the high gloss
Lincolns, all of which have been smoothed, lowered and fitted with oversized disc wheels on low profile rubber. The
Dodges are the Time Keeper's cop cars. These too have been smoothed and externally customized, with grilles front and
rear covering the lights, and low profile tires on disc wheels. In stark contrast to the Lincolns, paintwork is matte black.
A slim police light-bar is fitted internally, behind the windshield. Externally this fleet looked immaculate but no money
was spent on what would not be seen and many of the vehicles had wrecked interiors, with ripped seats, carpets and
head-linings. Because the cars had been assembled from many sources and prepared to look identical, the interiors of
most were of a color which did not match the black exteriors. The best of the Lincoln Continentals, for instance, whose
interior is seen in the production, is trimmed out in blue.

The use of future retro is one of many elements that the film seems to share with Niccol's earlier work, Gattaca. The
earlier work also features electrically powered vintage cars (notably a Rover P6 and again, a Citroën DS), as well as
buildings of indeterminate age. Gattaca also deals with innate inequalities (though in its case genetic, rather than
longevity) and the film's protagonist also seeks to cross the divide that his birthright is supposed to deny him. Similarly,
he is pursued by law enforcement officers after being wrongly identified as having committed a murder.

Copyright lawsuit
On September 15, 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter, a suit was filed by attorneys on behalf of speculative
fiction writer Harlan Ellison that the film's plot was based on his 1965 short story "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the
Ticktockman".

The suit, naming New Regency, director Andrew Niccol, and a number of anonymous John Does, appears to base its
claim on the similarity that both the completed film and Ellison's story concern a dystopian future in which people have
a set amount of time to live which can be revoked, given certain pertaining circumstances by a recognized authority
known as a Timekeeper. Initially, the suit demanded an injunction against the film's release;[13] however, Ellison later

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altered his suit to instead ask for screen credit[14] before ultimately dropping the suit, with both sides releasing the
following joint statement: "After seeing the film In Time, Harlan Ellison decided to voluntarily dismiss the Action. No
payment or screen credit was promised or given to Harlan Ellison. The parties wish each other well, and have no
further comment on the matter."[15]

Similar works
Many of the elements of In Time can be found in the 1987 short film The Price of Life,[16] made by Chanticleer Films.
Its basic premise and storyline are so similar that In Time has been called an unacknowledged remake of the earlier
film.[17] The Price of Life was a 38-minute short film (story by Stephen Tolkin and Michel Monteaux) in which a time
account is physically linked to every infant at birth, with death automatic when the balance drops to zero. An elite
upper-class is portrayed as living hundreds of years or more. The protagonist is given a certain amount of time as an
infant, and as a young boy adds days and years to his time account by buying valuables from people and selling them to
visiting tourists from the rich enclave. After his sister dies after gambling away her time, the protagonist (now a young
man) sets out on a journey to the enclave of "the Old Ones" in order to save the life of his mother, who is (literally)
running out of time. He gets there and meets a beautiful older woman who co-opts him into the immortal lifestyle.

The movie Logan's Run (1976) depicts a city where everyone is destroyed when they reach the age of 30. The
antagonists are Sandmen who hunt Runners trying to avoid destruction.[18]

Reception

Critical response
In Time received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 36% of 163
critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5.2 out of 10. The website's consensus reads, "In Time's
intriguing premise and appealing cast are easily overpowered by the blunt, heavy-handed storytelling."[19] Metacritic,
which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 53 based
on 36 reviews.[20] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a "B-minus" on an
A+ to F scale.[21] Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review with 3 stars out of 4, noting that the "premise is damnably
intriguing", but "a great deal of this film has been assembled from standard elements".[22] Henry Barnes noted that Will
is "one of the 99%" and calls the character "a Rolex Robin Hood".[23]

Box office
In Time grossed $12 million on its opening weekend, debuting at number three behind Puss in Boots, and Paranormal
Activity 3. The film declined later on during its 14 weekend box office run. The film eventually grossed over $37.5
million in the US and $136.4 million internationally for a worldwide total of $173.9 million.[5]

References
1. "In Time (2011)" (https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/68116). AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved
April 16, 2018.

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2. Ng, Philiana (October 20, 2010). " 'In Time' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried"
(https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/time-premiere-red-carpet-arrivals-251570/1-justin-timberlake-and-
amanda-seyfried). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
3. "IN TIME (12A)" (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF283022/). British Board of Film Classification. October 11, 2011.
Retrieved September 4, 2012.
4. Kaufman, Amy (October 27, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Puss in Boots' to stomp on competition"
(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/box-office-puss-in-boots-in-time-rum-diary.html).
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5. "In Time" (http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=now.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
6. Rich, Katey (November 1, 2010). "I'm.mortal Retitled Now, Adds Alex Pettyfer And Matt Bomer To Cast"
(http://cinemablend.com/new/I-m-mortal-Retitled-Now-Adds-Alex-Pettyfer-And-Matt-Bomer-To-Cast-21491.html).
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/news/movienews.php?id=68287). ComingSoon.net. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
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/news/NE1rNPRWpMpc54). MovieWeb. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
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/news/movienews.php?id=71240). ComingSoon.net. October 28, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
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(http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/justin-timberlake-cillian-murphy-talks-join-immortal-19974).
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13. Gardner, Eriq (September 15, 2011). "Harlan Ellison Sues Claiming Fox's 'In Time' Rips Off Sci-Fi Story
(Exclusive)" (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/harlan-ellison-sues-claiming-foxs-235987). The Hollywood
Reporter. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
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(https://web.archive.org/web/20130213083348/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog
/2011/11/ellison-wins-in-time-lawsuit-but-only-asks-for-credit-to-be-given.html). Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the
original (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2011/11/ellison-wins-in-time-lawsuit-but-only-
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/01/ellison-drops-lawsuit-after-watching-in-time//). Sci-Fi Storm. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
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Diary' #4" (http://www.deadline.com/2011/10/first-box-office-puss-in-boots-1-paranormal-activity-3-2-in-time-3-
footloose-4-the-rum-diary-5/#more-188635). Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
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review). The Guardian. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

External links
Official website (http://www.intimemovie.com/)
In Time (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/) on IMDb
In Time (https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v531172) at AllMovie
In Time (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=now.htm) at Box Office Mojo
In Time (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_time) at Rotten Tomatoes
In Time (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/in-time) at Metacritic
Official trailer (http://www.shavemagazine.com/video/entertainment/intime)

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