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London 1893 is home to a killer with a macabre nickname... and also to a visionary genius who would write "The Time Machine." But what if H.G. Wells' invention wasn't fiction? And what if Jack the Ripper escaped capture fleeing his own time to take refuge in ours - with Wells himself in pursuit?
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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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Time After Time
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User Comments About Time After Time
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Finally on DVD, OH yes!!!
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Just get this film and you will enjoy it. Pretty sure I caught it on the big screen and then later on HBO or TV and maybe even rented once or twice. Now I'm going to buy this DVD and enjoy it many more times. Keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole way. Well it has been many years since I saw this film but I loved it every time I saw it. Like the other person says, great acting, and story.
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Great gem of a movie & Excellent anamorphic widescreen transfer to DVD
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Its anamorphic widescreen transfer to DVD looks as good as most new films in my collectionalmost as good as my HD DVDs. The image has been enhanced for 16x9 aspect ratio, large screen, high-defintion TVs, so the image fills the entire screen. 2, 2008 DVD edition. The transfer to DVD is quite impressivein particular for a relatively old film and for one that was not considered to be remastered. My review is based on the Sept. This is the type of movie you will watch again and again, so it is a worthwhile addition to your DVD collection.
Highly recommended. I have not seen any previous DVD edition of this movie, so I cannot comment on any possible upgrade in this latest, 2008 transfer. Excellent casting, great performances by all involvedattention to historical detail. This 1979 movie is a real gemit has something for every tastethrillerscience fictionmurder mysteryromancea little comedyvictorian Londonmodern-day San Francisco (well, 1979). Great colors, sharp, clean picture, and excellent sound.
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H.G. Wells meets Jack the Ripper
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The "babe" in this film, well, maybe not a "babe", but the "woman of interest" here is Mary Steenburgen. David Warner as the bad guy seems to be the perfect role for him as an actor.
I've come to notice that she seems to like films about time travel. This movie is worth renting, but Malcolm McDowall had a better film just a couple years later.
That sounds a little corny, but I'll try anything with Malcolm McDowell in it.
I still think that "The Time Machine" from 1960 is far better than this film, but this one is better than the 2002 version of "The Time Machine". He was really cool and creepy in 1982's "Cat People." Of course, his best is still "A Clockwork Orange." .
You'll remember that she was also the school teacher in the 1800's in "Back To The Future III".
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The new version with Guy Pierce may have better special effects but overall I feel this one is a better overall story. Just get it, you'll see. The special effects may be crappy for this day and age but that doesn't stop this movie from being a classic. You can say it's a time travel movie with a twist.
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A suspenseful sci-fi thriller!
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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. 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.
Well's dining guests. 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.
The movie stars Malcolm McDowell who plays H.G. All in all, well worth one's time if you like 'period' thrillers with a time travel element.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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