The Time Shifters (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Mario Azzopardi

Writers (WGA):

Kurt Inderbitzin (written by) &
Gay Walch (written by)

Release Date:

17 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Sport | Thriller

Tagline:

If you could change the past would you?

Plot:

A reporter, learning of time travelers visiting 20th century disasters, tries to change the history they know by averting upcoming disasters.

Plot Keywords:

Disaster | Reporter | Hindenburg | Subway Crash | FBI Agent

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Casper Van Dien	...	Tom Merrick
Catherine Bell	...	Elizabeth Wintern
Theresa Saldana	...	Cortez
Peter Outerbridge	...	Felder
Julian Richings	...	Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
Lawrence Dane	...	FBI Agent Baker
Catherine Oxenberg	...	Thrill Seekers Spokesperson (as Catherine Van Dien)
Mimi Kuzyk	...	Eleanor Grayson
James Allodi	...	FBI Agent Stanton
Deborah Odell	...	Jen
Martin Sheen	...	Grifasi
Matthew Bennett	...	Captain Tyler
Marc Donato	...	Kevin
Stephen Bogaert	...	Steve
Sumela Kay	...	Girl on Plane

Also Known As:

Thrill Seekers (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and peril.

Runtime:

88 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Abandon Pictures

Trivia:

The street chase, train station, and subway scenes were all shot in Toronto. All the subway stations depicted are actually the same unused platform. This is why the escalator is shown as dismantled for maintenance when the characters enter the station: it was removed when the platform was closed.

Goofs:

Continuity: The car that rolls over is clearly not the same model as in the train. (Reused footage from Money Train (1995).)

Movie Connections:

References Quake (1996) (VG)

When You Add It All Up.....It's A Winner

I've been trying like crazy to find this on DVD. The fact that no stores (including Blockbuster) carry it, might make you believe that that's proof that the movie sucks. But, when I think of how hard I'm trying to find it....I realize how much I enjoyed it.

It's simple....just when you've seen just about every "back in time", "ahead into the future" film......along comes The Thrill Seekers with a unique angle....a man joy riding through disasters. Makes me think of what it would have been like to be on the Titanic, Hindenberg...even the World Trade Center. Don't particularly know the actors all that well. I was sold on just the story itself. It made me walk away wondering what it would be like to travel back to famous/infamous dates in time.

If you walk away and find yourself thinking about a movie's plot a year after seeing it....doesn't it deserve a 10?

Acting? Directing? Lighting? Script?

Who cares?

It was simply fun.

John