From 'Back to the Future' to 'Looper': 19 great time travel movies
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'Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me'
The original movie is about a man out of time. This sequel takes this newly evolved man back to his old time in search of his mojo -- and involves a final twist that depends on him relying on the himself from 10 minutes in the past. Look, just listen to Basil Exposition and go with it:
Austin: Wait a tick. Basil, if I travel back to 1969 and I was frozen in 1967, presumably, I could go back and visit my frozen self. But, if I'm still frozen in 1967, how could I have been unthawed in the '90s and traveled back to... [goes cross-eyed] Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed.
Basil: I suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself. [to camera] That goes for you all, too.
Austin: Yes.
Austin: Wait a tick. Basil, if I travel back to 1969 and I was frozen in 1967, presumably, I could go back and visit my frozen self. But, if I'm still frozen in 1967, how could I have been unthawed in the '90s and traveled back to... [goes cross-eyed] Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed.
Basil: I suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself. [to camera] That goes for you all, too.
Austin: Yes.
