![]() ![]() The names of the main characters have been changed to Doc, Ben, Tony and Jo-Jo. In addition to the editing, the dubbing and music differs from the original version. Additionally, scenes were shortened or recut in some places, presumably to make the film seem a bit more speedy/coherent for US audiences. During the film, all inserts of the diary were removed in the US version, as Czech text can be seen there. It seems like everything was just a dream, but the worn diary suggests that everything must have happened. The US version ends with a volcanic eruption symbolizing the formation of the earth and shows how the boys find themselves back at the Natural History Museum. After looking at the exhibition, they still want to learn more and go on a boat trip. The introduction of Petr at the beginning was removed, instead you now see how the four boys go to the Natural History Museum in New York. The journey of the boys on the river, symbolic of time, probably seemed a bit too abstract for a US audience, that's why a new beginning and ending was shot by Fred Ladd. In addition to the original version, there is an adapted US version of Journey to the Beginning of Time. Original version adapted to the US market The journey back in tme a book how to#A very enjoyable film that knows how to entertain throughout, far from any gimmickry. The mixture of animated and real scenes works very well and delights with a variety of creatures that our heroes encounter. This is educational on the one hand and entertaining on the other. Very imaginatively and with great tricks, director Karel Zeman sends his four heroes through a journey back in time in Journey to the Beginning of Time, in which the different eras are accurately depicted according to the knowledge of the time. The four travel through different eras of time, during which they have many adventures until they finally reach the point in time when life outside the water has evolved. They row a boat through a cave onto a river that takes them more and more into the past. Since the youngest of the group, Jirka, lacks the understanding to classify the meaning of this find and has no idea of the past eras, the group decides to take a trip back in time. The four friends Petr, Jenda, TonĂk and Jirka find a fossilized trilobite. ![]()
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