FILM · 2011 · USA
In Time
30 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
The director's trademark: the use of old-model cars in a futuristic setting.
- #002
The film is set in the year 2169.
- #003
Most of the character names belong to famous and not-so-famous watchmakers. The name Weis is pronounced the same way as that of watchmaker Albert Wajs.
- #004
Amanda Seyfried claimed that the hardest thing about shooting the film was having to run in high heels. She would take her shoes off for those scenes, but walking barefoot on the concrete paths she had to cross would have been impossible.
- #005
The time format of the clocks is YYYY. WW. D. HH. MM. SS (year, week, day, hour, minute and second, respectively). Weeks were chosen instead of months because their lengths do not change.
- #006
In the film, which is about people who stop aging at 25, most of the actors, including Cillian Murphy and Justin Timberlake, were in their late twenties and early thirties. Amanda Seyfried, however, was actually 25 during filming.
- #007
Justin Timberlake is three years older than Olivia Wilde, who plays his mother.
- #008
The timekeepers all drive the same modified 1970 Dodge Challengers.
- #009
The code that opens Philippe's time vault — 12 2 18 09 — is the date Charles Darwin was born, 12 February 1809. It is also the date Abraham Lincoln was born.
- #010
The car Will buys for 59 years is a 1969 Jaguar XK-E Cabrio.
- #011
During filming, Justin Timberlake tore his calf while running, which caused production to be paused for a week until he recovered.
- #012
The building used for the big bank they eventually enter is used as a courthouse in many films and TV series. The building has only four floors, but additional floors were added with CGI.
- #013
According to Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, this film contains more running than any other film they have watched apart from Run Lola Run (1998) and Forrest Gump (1994).
- #014
The map at Timekeeper HQ shows the latitude/longitude coordinates 33.9935 degrees N, 118.229(4)… and indicates the location as Vernon, CA. This corresponds to Time Zone 12 (that is, Dayton). Compared with a real-world map, the shape of the map shown in the film corresponds almost exactly to the real-world California coastline south and west of Los Angeles. Thus, Time Zone 4 in New Greenwich would be the Hollywood-Beverly Hills-Santa Monica corridor.
- #015
Working titles included "Now" and "I'm. Mortal".
- #016
This is Andrew Niccol's third dark science fiction film, after Gattaca (1997) and S1m0ne (2002).
- #017
The historical definition of a minute man is a militia member of the American Revolutionary era who volunteered to be ready for service at a minute's notice.
- #018
It is the first film shot digitally by cinematographer Roger Deakins.
- #019
An "eon" is an indefinite and very long period of time (it comes from the Greek aion, meaning "age").
- #020
Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde and Vincent Kartheiser also appeared together in the 2006 film Alpha Dog.
- #021
The minute men gang of the Timekeepers, "protected," resembles the East Coast mafia of the Prohibition era.
- #022
One of the classic background vehicles sold in the parking lot was a silver 1963 Studebaker Avanti.
- #023
Fortis's car is a 1983 Cadillac Seville "bustleback."
- #024
The film's story and main characters share many similarities with Robin Hood, the legendary outlaw hero of English folklore who traditionally robs from the rich and gives to the poor.
- #025
Olivia Wilde appears only in the first 20 minutes of the film.
- #026
Alex Pettyfer and Matt Bomer also appeared together in the 2012 film Magic Mike.
- #027
Henry Hamilton was born in 2065.
- #028
Amanda Seyfried does not appear until the 26th minute of the film.
- #029
The truck that passes Rachel Salas (and does not stop to help) as she runs to meet her son is a Kovatch R-11 refueling tanker. This 6,000-gallon tanker is the same one used by the United States Air Force.
- #030
Will Salas was born in 2141.
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