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RUNTIME
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Tight 14-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Tree House Time Machine
"Sometimes the only way forward is back."
2018 0h 14m EN
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5.0
MID
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6.1
IMDB
★5.0TMDB · 3★6.1IMDB · 148
AdventureFamilyFantasyScience Fiction
Synopsis
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An eager 12 year old boy and his friends race to secretly travel back in time in the hopes of unraveling the mystery surrounding his mother's untimely death before the rightful owner of the machine realizes it's gone missing.
“Sometimes the only way forward is back.”
Cast
Austin Fryberger
Bobby / Bruiser
Caleel Harris
Vincent
Elisha Henig
Puck
Emily Alyn Lind
Maggie
Alan Ritchson
Jason
Steele Stebbins
Charlie
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Alan Ritchson
- Writers
- Alan Ritchson
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 8 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Alan Ritchson, shot by Egor Povolotskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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CAST
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Austin Fryberger and Caleel Harris and Elisha Henig carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Sometimes the only way forward is back.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt7460912 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Alan Ritchson directs. Egor Povolotskiy behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 14-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 8 years ago.
- 3Directed by Alan Ritchson, shot by Egor Povolotskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Austin Fryberger and Caleel Harris and Elisha Henig carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "Sometimes the only way forward is back.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt7460912 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Egor Povolotskiy
- Production design
- Burns Burns
- Costume design
- Shelley Caudill
- Makeup / hair
- Eden Mills
- Runtime
- 14 min · 0h 14m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB rating
- 6.1/10 · 148 votes
Awards
1 win
Also by
Alan Ritchson
Production companies
Who made it
- AL
AllyCat Entertainment
US
Key crew
- ProducerAlan Ritchson
- Executive ProducerCatherine Ritchson
- ProducerDan Spilo
- ProducerD.J. Viola
- Line ProducerMariietta Volynska
- MusicSergey Stern
- CastingBarbie Block
- CastingSally Stiner
- Production DesignBurns Burns
- Set DecorationEric Liebrecht
- Costume DesignShelley Caudill
- Hair DesignerEden Mills
- Makeup ArtistEden Mills
- Assistant DirectorAlexander Babaev
- Second Assistant DirectorSavannah Sivert
- Property MasterColten McCranie
- Boom OperatorAshok Vardhan
- Sound EditorAaron Bartscht
- Sound EditorAustin Chase
- Key GripAhmed Adil
- GripErik Arendt
- Camera OperatorStefano Ben
- GafferYan Rymsha
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- tree house
- time travel
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2018-01-17· NewFilmmakers New York
