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Stories that span vast stretches of time

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Any suggestions on movies where the story covers a good load of years, spans past/future generations of characters...that sort of stuff?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,481
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    Gone with the Wind :D
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    MrsceeMrscee Posts: 5,271
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    in the one film? or with sequels? the narnia films do that..or will do when they make more
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    welwynrosewelwynrose Posts: 33,666
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    The Fountain
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 90
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    Mrscee wrote: »
    in the one film? or with sequels? the narnia films do that..or will do when they make more

    Just in one off films. Not really a big series' fan.

    The fountain looks good, thanks welwynrose
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    ShaiyaShaiya Posts: 3,512
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    A Bronx Tale
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 757
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    Life.
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    RebelScumRebelScum Posts: 16,008
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    Once Upon a Time in America
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    ShaiyaShaiya Posts: 3,512
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    Boyz N The Hood.
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    Highlander
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 391
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    Vacas. A Spanish film that spans, I think, 3 generations of two families in the Basque region.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,485
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    Inception
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,305
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    Mrscee wrote: »
    in the one film? or with sequels? the narnia films do that..or will do when they make more

    Considering that Voyage of the Dawn Treader has pretty much flopped for Fox, i can't see them being in much of a hurry to make more.

    As for the thread topic: Surely '2001: A Space Oddysey' is the film that spans the greatest amount of time.
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    Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    CJClarke wrote: »
    Considering that Voyage of the Dawn Treader has pretty much flopped for Fox, i can't see them being in much of a hurry to make more.

    As for the thread topic: Surely '2001: A Space Oddysey' is the film that spans the greatest amount of time.

    You beat me to it with 2001 :)

    There's also the Godfather trilogy which covers most of the 20th century.
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    Mark AMark A Posts: 7,695
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    Phone Booth.

    Regards

    Mark
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    taskertasker Posts: 4,073
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    We have all missed the obvious one
    The time machine (and i mean the rod taylor one)
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    Virgil TracyVirgil Tracy Posts: 26,806
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    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy goes all the way to the end of the universe .
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    spiney2spiney2 Posts: 27,058
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    2001 manages 3 million years.

    How about Colonel Blimp ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Death_of_Colonel_Blimp#Plot

    The Magnificent Ambersons.

    An Inspector Calls.

    (one of J B Priestly's "time" plays, based on J W Dunne's occult theories, based on Bradley's philosophy .......).

    Heimat

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimat_(film))

    The Star Trek films cover ......... 300 years ?

    Things to Come.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_to_Come
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    brangdonbrangdon Posts: 14,111
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    The Lord of the Rings trilogy spans a good number of years, if you include things like the prelude.
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    Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    One that often crops up on telly at this time of year, How The West Was Won follows several generations of a family in the old west.
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    VashettiVashetti Posts: 2,361
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    The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
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    LadyMinervaLadyMinerva Posts: 755
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    100 years of solitude was apparently adapted for film, but I've not seen it.

    Not so much a film, more a series, but Roots is good for spanning generations, and well worth watching.
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    5th Horseman5th Horseman Posts: 10,859
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    CJClarke wrote: »
    Considering that Voyage of the Dawn Treader has pretty much flopped for Fox, i can't see them being in much of a hurry to make more.

    As for the thread topic: Surely '2001: A Space Oddysey' is the film that spans the greatest amount of time.

    Armageddon starts with an asteroid wiping out the dinosaurs (65 million years ago) to the present day.
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    ShaiyaShaiya Posts: 3,512
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    Mark A wrote: »
    Phone Booth.

    Regards

    Mark

    Spans a good load of minutes perhaps, certainly not years.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 197
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    Vashetti wrote: »
    The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
    Came in to say this and A.I.
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    stuart60677stuart60677 Posts: 193
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    Forrest Gump
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