| 1 | * BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $80 million. Box office, $43.9 million. |
| 2 | * CaliforniaDoubling: Quebec and the Czech Republic double for medieval France. |
| 3 | * CreatorKiller: ''Timeline'' was the last straw for executive producer Michael Ovitz after his run as Disney's president turned out poorly and started a bitter feud between him and chairman Michael Eisner (this was after Jeffrey Katzenberg was denied the position, which started a different feud). It was also ultimately was a deciding factor in the demolition of the careers of director Creator/RichardDonner and writer Jeff Maguire. |
| 4 | * DisownedAdaptation: Creator/MichaelCrichton hated the film so much that he refused to allow studios to do any more film adaptations of his works until his death in 2008. |
| 5 | * ExecutiveMeddling: |
| 6 | ** How Music/JerryGoldsmith's score got replaced by Music/BrianTyler's score in the final cut. This turned out to be Tyler's BreakthroughHit. |
| 7 | ** The prologue, which would have explained the backstory, was cut from the final version. |
| 8 | ** Twenty minutes of footage was cut from the film, shortening it from 136 minutes to 116 minutes. |
| 9 | * FakeAmerican: Australian Creator/FrancesOConnor, Brit Creator/DavidThewlis and New Zealander Marton Csokas play Americans. |
| 10 | * FakeNationality: Brit Creator/AnnaFriel as fictional historic Frenchwoman Lady Claire. |
| 11 | * ReleaseDateChange: It was originally scheduled for a fall 2002 release, but ExecutiveMeddling led it to be rescheduled to March 2003, before it was ultimately released in November 2003. |
| 12 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/PierceBrosnan was considered for the role of Andre Marek. |
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