Time Travel in Movies and Television




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ClassGraphic Time travel has long been a popular theme in movies and? television. We will start our exploration with a couple of classic episodes from the Twilight Zone television series, which often ?found characters transported to another era. These episodes will be shown in class. We then will move on to three movies, starting with The Final Countdown (1980), in which Kirk Douglas commands a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that travels through an electrically-charged vortex to the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Next will be Back to the Future (1985), a comedy featuring Michael J. Fox as a teenager accidentally sent back 30 years in a time-traveling DeLorean automobile who inadvertently prevents his ?future parents from falling in love, thereby threatening his own existence. Lastly, we will view Groundhog Day (1993), a romantic comedy starring Bill Murray as a cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who becomes trapped in a time loop, forcing him to relive February 2 repeatedly. Members will view the movies, available on streaming services, in advance of each session. Lively discussion will take place in the classroom. Join us for a fun, thought-provoking discussion of this genre.

Class Details

4 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon

Location
Wieboldt Hall

Instructor
Multiple

Tuition: 

$0.00

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
7/6/2026 - 7/27/2026 Weekly - Mon 01:15 PM - 03:15 PM Chicago, Wieboldt Hall  Map Timothy Atkins  ; Barbara Leff 

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