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The Time Shifters (1999) -- A reporter, learning of time travelers visiting 20th century disasters, tries to change the history they know by averting upcoming disasters.

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Director:
Mario Azzopardi
Writers (WGA):
Kurt Inderbitzin (written by) &
Gay Walch (written by)
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Release Date:
17 October 1999 (USA) more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
one of my favorite movies ever! more (32 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Thrill Seekers (USA) (alternative title)
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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 more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The subway crash includes footage from Money Train (1995), shot on a set in California and representing a New York subway train. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When flying if radio contact is lost the pilots would fly to their last clearance point. If they were cleared to the airport destination that would be where they would fly to, if it was only an "intersection" in the sky that would be the point and they would circle until their "expect further clearance time". They would NOT make any unspecified turns or descents that Air Traffic Control doesn't know about for the simple fact that they (the pilots) don't know where the other planes are in relation to their planes. Therefore when asked what the pilots would be doing if he wasn't there holding a gun they should have replied we would be flying onto Washington D.C. more
Movie Connections:
References "Larry King Live" (1985) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
one of my favorite movies ever!, 31 July 2007
10/10
Author: markpohlis from United States

Watched this movie with my old girlfriend a couple years after it was released. We really weren't expecting much because it was a solo VHS in the older movie section of Blockbuster. I was pleasantly surprised with the movie. It has a great combination of action and suspense. Great movie to watch with a good friend.

I agree with what he said too....haha I was not expecting much of this movie, because it was obviously made for TV. The summary in the TV guide made it sound interesting, although it was not exactly clear what the movie was about. I'm glad I didn't give it a miss, because it really was worth watching. I think it took me about 20 minutes to understand exactly what was going on, and that Caspar Van Dien's character was not going to be the one doing the time travelling, but once I realised that, I really began to enjoy the movie. It's not often nowadays that I sit through an entire movie, and am glued to the screen, but I was with this one and it wasn't entirely predictable either. I like a movie that makes you think about the situations it portrays, and time travel is a fascinating topic. The acting probably wasn't perfect, but I've seen much worse, and I put this movie on the same level as "Deep Impact" - it has substance.

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