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Millennium (1989)

Millennium poster
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Genre
drama film, action film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 150 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An air crash investigator finds something odd about a recent plane crash. A woman from the future comes back to stop him from learning the truth about what caused it.

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What happens

Millennium is a 1989 science fiction drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Robert Joy, Brent Carver, Al Waxman and Daniel J. Travanti. The film follows an air crash investigator who discovers strange details while investigating a recent crash. A woman is sent back to his time from the future to try to derail his investigation before he uncovers their secret. Millennium is based on the 1977 short story "Air Raid" by John Varley. Varley started work on a screenplay in 1979, and released the expanded story in book-length form in 1983 as Millennium. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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