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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Time After Time
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $10.85
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, Kent Williams
Directed By: Nicholas Meyer
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790706733
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6300271781
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1993-12-13
Running Time: 112
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1979-08-31
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Editorial Reviews:
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In this clever speculative tale, story collaborators Karl Alexander and Steve Hayes and screenwriter-director Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II and VI) send two famous historical figures ahead in time. In late 19th century England, writer H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) unwittingly includes Jack the Ripper (David Warner) in his social circle. When one of Wells's dinner parties is crashed by the police looking for the Ripper, Jack uses the author's time machine to escape. But there's one catch--after it has been used, the machine returns to Wells's time. Thus the literary genius bravely sets out to find his evil friend before he can wreak havoc on another time period, and soon arrives in modern-day San Francisco. What follows is a fascinating merger of a suspense thriller--as the charming and polite Wells tries to hunt down the shrewd, brutish Ripper and take him back to the past--and a love story, as Wells befriends and falls in love with a bank administrator (Mary Steenburgen) who acts as his guide through the future. Through its brilliant combination of creepy suspense and tender romance, Time After Time manages to become a classic in two genres at once--a rare cinematic achievement. --Bryan Reesman
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Good Movie
Comment: The special effects may be crappy for this day and age but that doesn't stop this movie from being a classic. The new version with Guy Pierce may have better special effects but overall I feel this one is a better overall story. You can say it's a time travel movie with a twist. Just get it, you'll see.
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Summary: A suspenseful sci-fi thriller!
Comment: I was a bit skeptical when I first saw the premise of this movie - many time travel movies fail to deliver but this was an exception. The movie stars Malcolm McDowell who plays H.G. Wells, the famous author who is enjoying a dinner at home with some of his acquaintances and tells them about a time machine that he has built. The setting is late 19th century London, the same period of the infamous Jack the Ripper who also happens to be one of H.G. Well's dining guests. When the police come knocking, Jack pulls a disappearing act in Wells' time machine and it is left to Wells to follow the killer through time into the future, 1979 San Francisco to be exact.
Mary Steenburgen plays a bank clerk who meets both Jack [played to chilling effect by David Warner] and Wells [a very convincing Malcolm McDowell] and falls for Wells, not knowing who he really is. Though the movie is dated, as it is an older movie and the effects are a bit underwhelming, the credible acting by the main leads and well-written story makes for entertaining and suspenseful viewing. There is a bit of romance [Wells and Amy the bank clerk], lots of thrills and a score that truly brings the 70s to mind. All in all, well worth one's time if you like 'period' thrillers with a time travel element.
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Summary: A Modern Day Jack the Ripper
Comment: I smell H.G. Wells. You got a time machine, romance, and killing by the same guy in two time periods. I love this kind of genre. Tried and true and very well done. Not quite a Sunday morning movie to watch with the kids, but a good movie that holds your attention.
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Summary: Finally Bought It
Comment: This is one of my favorite movies (time travel has always fascinated me). This one has several twists with both H.G. Wells and Jack The Ripper being joined in the same movie. Add in a young, very innocent appearing Mary Steinbergen and you have a very enjoyable film.
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Summary: DVD
Comment: Interesting plot, pretty good movie. This was the first thing I have ordered from Amazon that was defective. I had no problem returning it for replacement. Very happy with Amazon and the DVD.
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