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Overview

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Director:
Nicholas Meyer
Writers:
Karl Alexander (novel) &
Steve Hayes (story) ...
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Release Date:
31 August 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
H.G. Wells Races Through Time To Catch Jack The Ripper! more
Plot:
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
Awards:
5 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
Cracking Sci-fi/thriller. more (78 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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
Michael Evans ... Sergeant
Ray Reinhardt ... Jeweler

Robert Shaw ... Bank Officer (as Bob Shaw)
Stu Klitsner ... Clergyman
Larry J. Blake ... Guard
Nicholas Shields ... Diner at McDonalds
Gene Hartline ... Cab Driver
Clement St. George ... Bobby
Shirley Marchant ... Dolores
Antonie Becker ... Nurse
Hilda Haynes ... 2nd Nurse
Read Morgan ... Booking Cop
Mike Gainey ... London Bobby

Jim Haynie ... 1st Cop
Wayne Storm ... 2nd Cop
Lou Felder ... Man

John Colton ... 3rd Cop

Corey Feldman ... Boy at Museum
James Cranna ... Man
Earl Nichols ... 4th Cop
Bill Bradley ... Pawnbroker
Clete Roberts ... Newscaster
Rita Conde ... Maid
Gail Hyatt ... Woman Cop
Shelley Hack ... Docent
Dan Leegant ... Man on Street
Regina V. Waldron ... Woman
Liz Roberson ... Woman
Anthony Gordon ... Man
Doug Morrisson ... Man
Glenn Carlson ... 5th Cop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neil Armstrong ... Himself, announcing moon landing (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Judith Burnett ... Ann (uncredited)
Winston Churchill ... Himself, giving 'Finest Hour' speech (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix ... Himself, performing (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy ... Himself, giving inaugural speech (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Douglas MacArthur ... Himself, announcing 'I Shall Return' (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Edward R. Murrow ... Himself (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt ... Himself, giving 1933 inaugural speech (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)

Clement von Franckenstein ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Nicholas Meyer 
 
Writing credits
Karl Alexander  novel &
Steve Hayes  story

Nicholas Meyer (writer)

Produced by
Herb Jaffe .... producer
Steven-Charles Jaffe .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Miklós Rózsa 
 
Cinematography by
Paul Lohmann 
 
Film Editing by
Donn Cambern 
 
Casting by
Dianne Crittenden 
 
Production Design by
Edward C. Carfagno 
 
Set Decoration by
Barbara Krieger 
 
Costume Design by
Sal Anthony 
Yvonne Kubis 
 
Makeup Department
Lynn F. Reynolds .... makeup artist (as Lynn Reynolds)
Dione Taylor .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Austen Jewell .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Daves .... first assistant director
Robert J. Doherty .... dga trainee
Steven-Charles Jaffe .... second unit director
Paul Magwood .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Richard M. Kristy .... set dresser
Richard Reseigne .... construction coordinator (as Dick Reseigne)
Bill Wainess .... property master
 
Sound Department
Michael Colgan .... supervising sound editor
Les Fresholtz .... sound re-recording mixer
Jerry Jacobson .... adr editor
Jerry Jost .... sound
Joseph Kite .... boom operator
Michael Minkler .... sound re-recording mixer
Arthur Piantadosi .... sound re-recording mixer
Ken Dufva .... foley artist (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Jim Blount .... special effects
Larry L. Fuentes .... special effects (as Larry Fuentes)
Kevin Pike .... special effects: custom props
 
Visual Effects by
Richard Taylor .... optical effects designer (as Richard F. Taylor)
 
Stunts
Everett Creach .... stunt coordinator
Everett Creach .... stunts
Jadie David .... stunts
Larry Duran .... stunts
Brad Eide .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Frantzvog .... second assistant camera
J. Michael Marlett .... gaffer
Guy Polzel .... key grip
Glenn K. Shimada .... first assistant camera (as Glenn Shimada)
Peter Sorel .... still photographer
Timothy E. Wade .... camera operator (as Tim Wade)
Jonathan West .... camera operator: second unit
 
Editorial Department
Laurey Condon .... assistant editor
Steve Johnson .... colorist
William J. Meshover .... assistant editor
Steve Mirkovich .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Donald Harris .... music editor
Dan Wallin .... score mixer
 
Transportation Department
Tim Hill .... transportation captain
 
Other crew
Sonny King .... computer effects
Russ Maehl .... computer effects
Kathy Orloff .... unit publicist
Dominic Santarone .... caterer
Ruth Santarone .... caterer
Kathy Thomas .... script supervisor (as Kathy Thomas Swor)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
112 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The studio had wanted Richard Dreyfuss for the role of H.G. Wells. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Mrs. Turner is standing on the stairs one step from the bottom, but in the next shot she steps down twice to reach the bottom.(00:19:46 elapse time) more
Quotes:
H.G. Wells: Do you still insist that this is all poppycock?
Amy Robbins: That's not exactly the word I had in mind.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Times Square (1980) more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Cracking Sci-fi/thriller., 23 August 2004

I came across this film as I was browsing through some videos that I hadn't looked at in years. It did stick in my mind as being pretty good and on viewing it this time around I can say that my initial impressions were correct. McDowell is very believable as Wells, as is David Warner in his role. I found Mary Steenburgen slightly weak as Amy Robbins and at times she seems almost disinterested and just going through the motions. I think someone like Brook Adams or Karen Allen would have been much more suited to this role, but the rest of the plot and cast are so good this is incidental.

Someone mentioned this didn't do very well at the box office, which surprises me as science based fiction was all the rage at the time this film was released (1979). I can only imagine it was dwarfed by sci-fi giants such as Star Trek and Star Wars who were releasing films around this time, and it was subsequently overlooked.

The plot is fairly seamless as the brilliant but naive Wells creates his time machine only for it to be misused by the equally brilliant, but evil, Stephenson. Everything about it is well thought out, with the exception that why does he (Wells) get himself into such a panic about Stephenson's presence in late 20th century San Francisco, when Wells has the machine (and the key to it)to go back before Stephenson left and prevent him going in the first place! I don't pretend to be an expert on timelines(and alternative timelines)but if time is fluid (as is thought) and flows backward and forward, then by going back and preventing something from happening will obviously alter or stop it's progression into the future, no! But of course that would have undermined the films whole premise.

It's also quaint and naive to hear Wells speak of a socialist utopia, without realising that the socialist society, as with any other form of Government, can just as easily become corrupted and distorted from it's original ideal so it produces a monster like Stalin. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. In fact, Wells visited Russia after the Bolshevik revolution and met with it's then leaders (Lenin and Trotsky). I'm not sure how he felt about the revolution, but he did die a disillusioned man having lived through the 1st and 2nd World Wars.

All in all though this is a very good sci-fi adventure,and it is thoroughly recommended.

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