# Movie Id (Time travel, relatively recent) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238 "2016-07-29T22:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/1 "2016-07-29T22:57:12Z")
A couple of days ago, at a hotel, I caught a little bit of a movie (annoyingly the on-screen program directory didn’t list the channel I was watching at all). It seemed to be a time travel movie, set near the present day. In one scene, a man is watching from a second story window as his earlier self talks to a woman who is breaking up with him - the fellow watching is apparently feeding lines to the woman through an ear-piece. In another scene, the male character is talking to another guy, apparently a friend or business partner; they mention something about a “holographic \”. I know it’s not “Primer” - I’ve seen that one, and would recognize it. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/2 "2016-07-29T23:06:07Z")
Is it [Time Lapse](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2669336/?ref_=kw_li_i)? ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/3 "2016-07-29T23:34:07Z")
[Predestination](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/), per chance? There was no coaching but there was a scene with the lead watching his younger self with a girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/4 "2016-07-29T23:37:07Z")
[Project Almanac](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2436386/)? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/5 "2016-07-29T23:40:40Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Is it [Time Lapse](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2669336/?ref_=kw_li_i)? Hm. Possible > [@Cyros](#): > > [Predestination](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/), per chance? There was no coaching but there was a scene with the lead watching his younger self with a girlfriend. It’s possible I was misinterpreting, and the lead was just repeating what he remembered the girlfriend would say before she said it. I’d like to think I’d recognize even a diluted and adapted Heinlein story > [@Quimby](#): > > [Project Almanac](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2436386/)? Another possibility - thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/6 "2016-07-29T23:52:00Z")
Based on the trailer, “Predestination” is looking like the best possibility. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/7 "2016-07-30T00:31:20Z")
Did the cast have British accents? I assume you did not recognize any of the cast members; is that accurate? ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/8 "2016-07-30T00:38:40Z")
Was there a scene in a barn? Because, if so, a guy I know at another board has been trying to ID this flick since the beginning of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/9 "2016-07-30T02:13:55Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Did the cast have British accents? > > I assume you did not recognize any of the cast members; is that accurate? > [@E-DUB](#): > > Was there a scene in a barn? Because, if so, a guy I know at another board has been trying to ID this flick since the beginning of the year. I didn’t recognize the stars or note any particular accent - but I only saw a couple of minutes before I had to go out. The guy I think was the lead looked a bit like Lee Pace (from “Pushing Daisies”). Didn’t see a scene in a barn. One odd thing was that there didn’t seem to be many people around - just the main characters in a public street during the daytime. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/10 "2016-07-30T02:29:44Z")
People who look a bit like Lee Pace: JJ Feild Tom Hiddleston Zachary Levi Jack Davenport ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/11 "2016-07-30T02:37:32Z")
Well, I know of a British film that came out a few years ago that is about relationships called [About Time](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194499/). I googled Lee Pace and I don’t think the lead in About Time, Domhnall Gleeson looks like Pace, \ but I figured I’d throw it out there. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/12 "2016-07-30T04:33:32Z")
How about _Looper_? > **[Looper (2012) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/)** > > Looper: Directed by Rian Johnson. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano. In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns... It has Joseph Gordon-Levitt in it with some weird facial prosthetics that kind of make him look like Bruce Willis. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, so I’m not sure how much it fits the criteria in your OP, but I think it does. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/13 "2016-07-30T16:26:48Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > How about _Looper_? > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/) > > It has Joseph Gordon-Levitt in it with some weird facial prosthetics that kind of make him look like Bruce Willis. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, so I’m not sure how much it fits the criteria in your OP, but I think it does. Nope - I’d definitely recognize Looper. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/14 "2016-07-30T17:43:12Z")
Here’s a video with a lot of bits of scenes from Predestination: It's possible that the person you say looked like Lee Pace is Noah Taylor: [https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=659&tbm=isch&sa=1&q="Lee+Pace"&oq="Lee+Pace"&gs\_l=img.3..0l10.34060.39350.0.40358.21.21.0.0.0.0.152.2253.0j20.20.0....0...1c.1.64.img..1.19.2140.X9Kfc\_jVN4U](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=659&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=%22Lee+Pace%22&oq=%22Lee+Pace%22&gs_l=img.3..0l10.34060.39350.0.40358.21.21.0.0.0.0.152.2253.0j20.20.0....0...1c.1.64.img..1.19.2140.X9Kfc_jVN4U) [https://www.google.com/search?q="Noah+Taylor"&tbm=isch&imgil=-PJmphPf3bBROM%253A%253B5ZqYyMyXRDD09M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Falchetron.com%25252FNoah-Taylor-849415-W&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-PJmphPf3bBROM%253A%252C5ZqYyMyXRDD09M%252C\_&usg=\_\_ZPY\_2BTx1IlQf2NFaGjsvbkvvoY%3D&biw=1280&bih=659&ved=0ahUKEwjQr9eC3ZvOAhXD1h4KHU77CkIQyjcIiQE&ei=ueWcV5DvLsOte872q5AE](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Noah+Taylor%22&tbm=isch&imgil=-PJmphPf3bBROM%253A%253B5ZqYyMyXRDD09M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Falchetron.com%25252FNoah-Taylor-849415-W&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-PJmphPf3bBROM%253A%252C5ZqYyMyXRDD09M%252C_&usg=__ZPY_2BTx1IlQf2NFaGjsvbkvvoY%3D&biw=1280&bih=659&ved=0ahUKEwjQr9eC3ZvOAhXD1h4KHU77CkIQyjcIiQE&ei=ueWcV5DvLsOte872q5AE) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/15 "2016-07-30T18:09:05Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Here’s a video with a lot of bits of scenes from Predestination: > > It's possible that the person you say looked like Lee Pace is Noah Taylor: > > ["Lee Pace" - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=659&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=%22Lee+Pace%22&oq=%22Lee+Pace%22&gs_l=img.3..0l10.34060.39350.0.40358.21.21.0.0.0.0.152.2253.0j20.20.0....0...1c.1.64.img..1.19.2140.X9Kfc_jVN4U) > > ["Noah Taylor" - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Noah+Taylor%22&tbm=isch&imgil=-PJmphPf3bBROM%253A%253B5ZqYyMyXRDD09M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Falchetron.com%25252FNoah-Taylor-849415-W&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-PJmphPf3bBROM%253A%252C5ZqYyMyXRDD09M%252C_&usg=__ZPY_2BTx1IlQf2NFaGjsvbkvvoY%3D&biw=1280&bih=659&ved=0ahUKEwjQr9eC3ZvOAhXD1h4KHU77CkIQyjcIiQE&ei=ueWcV5DvLsOte872q5AE) Thanks Wendell. I’m still not positive that “Predestination” is the movie I saw a bit of (the clips shown weren’t of the scenes I saw), but the characters do look like the ones I remember. I’ve been meaning to see Predestination anyway, so I’ll let you guys know if it really was the one, after I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/16 "2016-08-03T15:34:48Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Thanks Wendell. I’m still not positive that “Predestination” is the movie I saw a bit of (the clips shown weren’t of the scenes I saw), but the characters do look like the ones I remember. I’ve been meaning to see Predestination anyway, so I’ll let you guys know if it really was the one, after I see it. I watched “Predestination” yesterday, and really enjoyed it - but it’s not the movie I was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/17 "2016-08-04T03:11:57Z")
Definitely not _Predestination_ or _Looper_, from the OP’s description. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/18 "2016-08-04T04:23:10Z")
It does sound like “Time Lapse”. I don’t remember a lot of it, but the movie was about three friends who find out a missing neighbour devised a machine that allowed him to take pictures 24 hours in the future, and for whatever reason, they decide that they have to go through the motions of what the machine shows them, so the coaxing part makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-time-travel-relatively-recent/761238/19 "2016-08-06T18:06:51Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > It does sound like “Time Lapse”. I don’t remember a lot of it, but the movie was about three friends who find out a missing neighbour devised a machine that allowed him to take pictures 24 hours in the future, and for whatever reason, they decide that they have to go through the motions of what the machine shows them, so the coaxing part makes sense. Could be. I watched out “About Time” on Thursday, by the way, and enjoyed it quite a bit, but it wasn’t the one I was looking for. I’ll keep an eye out for info about “Time Lapse” next.