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Timequest (2002)

Timequest poster
Directed by
Robert Dyke
Genre
action film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A time traveler goes back to 1963 to stop the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The story follows how changing that event changes the present day.

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What happens

Timequest is a 2000 science-fiction film directed by Robert Dyke and starring Victor Slezak as John F. Kennedy, Caprice Benedetti as Jacqueline Kennedy, and Ralph Waite as the Time Traveler. The film also features Vince Grant and Bruce Campbell. After premiering on April 13, 2000, the film had a limited theatrical release in the United States, followed shortly by distribution on VHS and DVD to the United States, Canada, and Australia. Timequest explores the science fiction theme of altering the present day by traveling back in time and tampering with past events – specifically, preventing the assassination of John F. Kennedy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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