Time After Time 1979
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
- Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction
- 112 min
- PG
H.G. Wells Races Through Time To Catch Jack The Ripper!
Writer H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern day San Francisco after the infamous serial killer steals his time machine to escape the 19th century.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jun 20148.5/10
Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today I’m an amateur. Time After Time is directed by Nicholas Meyer who also adapts the screenplay from a story written by Karl Alexander and Steve Hayes. It stars Malcolm McDowell, David Warner and Mary Steenburgen. Music is by Miklos Rozsa and cinematography is by Paul Lohmann. How delightful, a wonderful idea is given an equally wonderful presentation. The makers have come up with the idea of pitching Jack the Ripper against H.G. Wells, in the present day of 1979. This after the Ripper (Warner) used Wells’ (McDowell) time machine to escape the Whitechapel police back in 1891, thus forcing Wells to track the infamous killer to San Francisco in the future. There have been so many fish-out-of-water based movies over the years, it’s so refreshing to find one that has a genuinely original premise to work from. In the Ripper’s case he sees all the violence around the streets of San Fran and believes it’s his calling to be in this company. On the flip-side, Wells is perturbed to find that this is not the Utopia he had envisaged, but yet the science lover in him is fascinated by what he finds. Helps, too, that he has caught the attention of a very horny A
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Cast
- Malcolm McDowellH. G. Wells
- David WarnerJack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
- Mary SteenburgenAmy Robbins
- Charles CioffiLt. Mitchell
- Kent WilliamsAssistant
- Andonia KatsarosMrs. Turner
- Patti D'ArbanvilleShirley
- James GarrettEdwards
- Keith McConnellHarding
- Leo LewisRichardson
Crew
- Nicholas MeyerDirector
- Nicholas MeyerScreenplay
- Paul LohmannDirector of Photography
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Donn CambernEditor
- Herb JaffeProducer
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