Time After Time

– The Wildest Chase Of The Century! London 1893 is home to a killer with a macabre nickname... and als..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 52 Minutes
Release Year:
1979
Time After Time (1979)

The Wildest Chase Of The Century! 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?

Time After Time (1979) - Trailer

Release Date:

28 Sep 1979

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Nicholas Meyer

Writer:

Karl Alexander (story), Steve Hayes (story), Nicholas Meyer (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi

Plot:

It's 1893 London. Futurist H.G. Wells believes that the future holds a Utopian society. He also believes in time travel. He has just built a time machine which he is displaying to a group of skeptical friends, including surgeon Dr. John Leslie Stevenson. Unbeknown to Wells or anyone else among that circle, Stevenson is better known to the public as Jack the Ripper. Just as the police are about to capture Stevenson, he uses the time machine to escape, with Wells being the only one who knows what happened to him. Not telling anyone except his trusting housekeeper, Wells follows Stevenson in order to capture and bring him back to face justice. Where Stevenson has gone is 1979 San Francisco. There, Wells is dismayed to find that the future is not Utopia as he had predicted. But Wells is also picked up by a young woman named Amy Robbins. As Wells and Amy search for Stevenson, Stevenson conversely is after Wells to obtain the master key to the time machine. As Stevenson continues his murderous ways, he will stop at nothing to achieve his desires, which places Amy in danger.

Awards:

7 wins & 7 nominations.

Production:

WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
Metacritic:
69%