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Time After Time (1979)

Time After Time poster
Directed by
Nicholas Meyer
Genre
science fiction film, time-travel film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 390 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

H.G. Wells chases Jack the Ripper from Victorian London to 1970s San Francisco. The pursuit forces Wells to adapt to a modern world full of unsettling changes.

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What happens

Time After Time is a 1979 American science fiction film written and directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, and Mary Steenburgen. Filmed in Panavision, it was the directing debut of Meyer, whose screenplay is based on the premise from Karl Alexander's novel Time After Time (which was unfinished at the time) and a story by Alexander and Steve Hayes. The film presents a story in which British author H. G. Wells uses his time machine to pursue Jack the Ripper into the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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