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| Orion Pictures | Release Date: September 28, 1979 |
Starring:
Andonia Katsaros, Charles Cioffi, David Warner, James Garrett, Keith McConnell, Kent Williams, Leo Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, Patti D'Arbanville
Summary:
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.
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A delightful, entertaining trifle of a film that shows both the possibilities and limitations of taking liberties with literature and history. Nicholas Meyer has deftly juxtaposed Victorian England and contemporary America in a clever story, irresistible due to the competence of its cast.
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Preposterous? Of course, but somehow the movie watcher becomes thoroughly involved in the author's chase after the mad killer. [13 Aug 1979]
Diverting, polished chase thriller. [28 Sep 1979, p.E1]
Most of the plotting is ingenious, and soft-faced Mary Steenburgen, as the woman from 20th-century San Francisco who is charmed by the Victorian Wells, makes it all semi-engaging.
Some of this is mildly amusing, but most of it is thumpingly obvious. [01 Oct 1979, p.77]
Jul 18, 2020
A wonderfully well made movie with excellent performances all around. Malcolm McDowell is rarely as entertaining as he is here as HG Wells chasing Jack the Ripper through time, yes that's really the plot and it's amazing.
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