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Release Date:
31 August 1979 (USA)
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Tagline:
H.G. Wells Races Through Time To Catch Jack The Ripper! more
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H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period. full summary | add synopsis
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Time Machine
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Jack The Ripper
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Bank Clerk
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Bank
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5 wins
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7 nominations
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(10 articles)
'House' Fan Columnist: House and Cuddy- Time after Time
(From BuddyTV. 12 November 2009, 3:31 AM, PST)
Death By "Torchwood": Captain Jack, Ianto Jones, And The Rise Of The Queer Superhero
(From AfterElton.com. 27 October 2009, 6:09 PM, PDT)
(From BuddyTV. 12 November 2009, 3:31 AM, PST)
Death By "Torchwood": Captain Jack, Ianto Jones, And The Rise Of The Queer Superhero
(From AfterElton.com. 27 October 2009, 6:09 PM, PDT)
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Very Enjoyable Fantasy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Malcolm McDowell | ... | H. G. Wells |
 | David Warner | ... | Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson |
 | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Amy Robbins |
| Charles Cioffi | ... | Police Lt. Mitchell |
| Kent Williams | ... | Assistant |
| Andonia Katsaros | ... | Mrs. Turner |
 | Patti D'Arbanville | ... | Shirley |
| James Garrett | ... | Edwards |
 | Leo Lewis | ... | Richardson |
| Keith McConnell | ... | Harding |
| Byron Webster | ... | McKay |
 | Karin de la Penha | ... | Jenny (as Karin Mary Shea) |
| Geraldine Baron | ... | Carol |
| Laurie Main | ... | Inspector Gregson |
| Joseph Maher | ... | Adams |
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112 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
West Germany:16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:15 (re-rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG
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The movie's title inspired Cyndi Lauper's song "Time After Time", when she browsed a copy of TVGuide for "imaginary song titles".
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Revealing mistakes: When Jack/John takes off H.G.'s Glasses before hitting him, the camera focus is thrown to show how poor H.G.'s vision is. Although Jack/John's face is badly out of focus the wall and door behind him comes into sharp focus, displaying an error by the focus puller - everything should be out of focus for this camera effect to work properly.
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Quotes:
Amy Robbins:
I like that suit. Is that what they're wearing in London?
H.G. Wells: It was when I left.
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H.G. Wells: It was when I left.
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Having a premise of HG Wells ( Yes that one ) pursue Jack the ripper ( Ditto ) to the 20th century has all the makings of a really camp and totally crap film , but despite the outrageous idea TIME AFTER TIME is a very enjoyable fantasy .
Unlike most time travel films ( THE TERMINATOR , BACK TO THE FUTURE not to mention several DOCTOR WHO and STAR TREK stories ) TIME AFTER TIME doesn`t really concern itself with concepts like the blinovitch limitation effect ie a temporal paradox , instead it concentrates on how a radical 19th century idealist like Wells would have found 20th century " Utopia " and how he would have been sickened by it . It`s here that the film works best with Wells travelling through the time vortex listening to the history of the 20th century and the scene with Wells and Jack watching television . It`s also interesting to note that the movie`s most amusing moments ( And they are genuinely amusing )are when Wells notices the difference in sexual mores of the present day . The film is much weaker when it switches to " Hero tracks down serial killer " type thriller but that`s not really what the film is about .