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Government time travel experiments send scientists careening through history’s greatest dangers.

ALIENS FROM ANOTHER PLANET

1982 · 1h 40m · NR · Science Fiction · IMDB TMDB

A senator is sent to inspect a project that can send people into the future or past & decide if it is feasible to continue. One of the scientists working on it, decides to go through it anyway... This is a compilation of three episodes of the 1960's TV series, "The Time Tunnel".

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What is Aliens From Another Planet about?

Aliens From Another Planet is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Irwin Allen and Sobey Martin about scientists who use a government time travel device, leading to adventures across pivotal moments in history.

Programmer's Pick

Time-travel purists, take note: this is the ultimate 1960s TV remix, complete with scientists who never met an era they couldn’t disrupt and a device that’s less DeLorean, more government grant gone wild.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Aliens From Another Planet is a feature-length compilation of three episodes from the 1960s series 'The Time Tunnel.' The film centers on a secret government project capable of sending people through time, either to the future or the past. When a skeptical senator visits to evaluate the project’s feasibility, scientist Tony Newman impulsively activates the device and finds himself on the Titanic just before its ill-fated sinking. His colleague Doug Phillips follows, and together they must navigate the consequences of meddling in history. The tone is classic science fiction, blending speculative technology with historical adventure and the ethical dilemmas of time travel.