Stories that span vast stretches of time

[Deleted User] · 29/12/10 - 02:30

Any suggestions on movies where the story covers a good load of years, spans past/future generations of characters...that sort of stuff?

[Deleted User] · 29/12/10 - 03:05

Gone with the Wind

Mrscee · 29/12/10 - 07:03

in the one film? or with sequels? the narnia films do that..or will do when they make more

welwynrose · 29/12/10 - 07:15

The Fountain

[Deleted User] · 29/12/10 - 08:34

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

Shaiya · 29/12/10 - 10:13

A Bronx Tale

[Deleted User] · 29/12/10 - 10:17

Life.

RebelScum · 29/12/10 - 10:28

Once Upon a Time in America

Shaiya · 29/12/10 - 12:32

Boyz N The Hood.

tasker · 29/12/10 - 12:49

Highlander

[Deleted User] · 29/12/10 - 13:11

Vacas. A Spanish film that spans, I think, 3 generations of two families in the Basque region.

[Deleted User] · 29/12/10 - 13:25

Inception

[Deleted User] · 29/12/10 - 14:17

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.

Eddie Badger · 29/12/10 - 14:26

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.

Mark A · 29/12/10 - 14:27

Phone Booth.

Regards

Mark

tasker · 29/12/10 - 14:56

We have all missed the obvious one
The time machine (and i mean the rod taylor one)

Virgil Tracy · 29/12/10 - 15:22

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy goes all the way to the end of the universe .

spiney2 · 29/12/10 - 18:30

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

brangdon · 29/12/10 - 18:46

The Lord of the Rings trilogy spans a good number of years, if you include things like the prelude.

Eddie Badger · 29/12/10 - 19:12

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.

Vashetti · 29/12/10 - 19:48

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

LadyMinerva · 30/12/10 - 18:42

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.

5th Horseman · 30/12/10 - 18:56

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.

Shaiya · 30/12/10 - 19:29

Mark A wrote: »

Phone Booth.

Regards

Mark

Spans a good load of minutes perhaps, certainly not years.

[Deleted User] · 30/12/10 - 19:40

Vashetti wrote: »

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Came in to say this and A.I.

stuart60677 · 30/12/10 - 22:11

Forrest Gump

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