This is a good movie starring Malcolm MacDowell and David Warner and the film introduced Mary Steenburgen with whom MacDowell married . Set in Victorian London, circa 1983 . H. G. Wells is experimenting with his time machine . Futurist H. G. Wells (Malcolm McDowall) believes that the future holds a Utopian society and he also believes in time travel . He has just built a time machine which he is displaying to a group of friends, including skeptical surgeon Dr. John Leslie Stevenson (David Warner) . Later on, he discovers the machine has been used by an associate who turns out to be Jack the Ripper , to travel to San Francisco in 1979 and Wells meets and subsequently falls in love for a beautiful bank clerk (Mary Steenburgen) . Then in San Francisco a series of grisly killings happen and Police Lt. Mitchell (Charles Cioffi) investigates the deeds , while H. G. Wells becomes the prime suspect. Wells follows to stop any further murders ! . The Wildest Chase of the Century!. H. G. Wells races through time to catch Jack the Ripper!.A chase through time -- to catch Jack the Ripper!. A brilliant scientist !. A criminal genius !. A delightful romance !. And a daring chase across time, the most exciting, mysterious and challenging dimension of all !. Imagine!
One of the most ingenious and agreeable thrillers of our time, in which H. G. Wells follows in contempary epoch to Jack the Ripper and the ensuing battle of wits is both imaginative and amusing Malcolm McDowall is attractive as Wells who goes into modern-day San Francisco via a time machine and Steenburgen is equally nice as Wells' modern American love interest. And David Warner is very good too , as a creepy character . Time after time (1979) results to be a brilliant pastiche that has quite a few splendid moments .
Special mention for the moving musical score by veteran composer Miklós Rózsa ; this was one of the last pictures scored by classic musician composer Miklós Rózsa , who received the Saturn Award for Best Music. As well as colorful and evocative cinematography by cameraman Paul Lohmann. The motion picture was competently directed by Nicholas Meyer, though overlong . Meyer's directing debut - from his own screenplay - occurred in 1979 with this Time after time. This was followed by Star Trek II - The wrath of Khan (1982) and The day after , (1983) ABC's nuclear-themed movie, which remains the single most watched television film ever made, nominated for fourteen Emmys. Its controversial telecast drew over one hundred million viewers. He's a prestigious screen-writer and novelist. Meyer novels include Holmes pastiches, The seven-per-cent solution (1974) that was cinematically adapted by Bob Clark , The West End Horror (1976) and The Canary Trainer (1993); also Black Orchid (1977) and Confessions of a homing pigeon (1981). Other directing credits include Volunteers , starring Tom Hanks and John Candy (1986), The Deceivers , starring Pierce Brosnan (1988), Company Business , starring Gene Hackman and Mikhail Baryishnikov (1991), Star Trek VI , starring Christopher Plummer (1992) and the HBO film, Vendetta , (1999), starring Christopher Walken, among others. Rating : 7/10 . Better than average. The pic will appeal to Malcolm McDowall fans and Science-Fiction enthusiasts.
One of the most ingenious and agreeable thrillers of our time, in which H. G. Wells follows in contempary epoch to Jack the Ripper and the ensuing battle of wits is both imaginative and amusing Malcolm McDowall is attractive as Wells who goes into modern-day San Francisco via a time machine and Steenburgen is equally nice as Wells' modern American love interest. And David Warner is very good too , as a creepy character . Time after time (1979) results to be a brilliant pastiche that has quite a few splendid moments .
Special mention for the moving musical score by veteran composer Miklós Rózsa ; this was one of the last pictures scored by classic musician composer Miklós Rózsa , who received the Saturn Award for Best Music. As well as colorful and evocative cinematography by cameraman Paul Lohmann. The motion picture was competently directed by Nicholas Meyer, though overlong . Meyer's directing debut - from his own screenplay - occurred in 1979 with this Time after time. This was followed by Star Trek II - The wrath of Khan (1982) and The day after , (1983) ABC's nuclear-themed movie, which remains the single most watched television film ever made, nominated for fourteen Emmys. Its controversial telecast drew over one hundred million viewers. He's a prestigious screen-writer and novelist. Meyer novels include Holmes pastiches, The seven-per-cent solution (1974) that was cinematically adapted by Bob Clark , The West End Horror (1976) and The Canary Trainer (1993); also Black Orchid (1977) and Confessions of a homing pigeon (1981). Other directing credits include Volunteers , starring Tom Hanks and John Candy (1986), The Deceivers , starring Pierce Brosnan (1988), Company Business , starring Gene Hackman and Mikhail Baryishnikov (1991), Star Trek VI , starring Christopher Plummer (1992) and the HBO film, Vendetta , (1999), starring Christopher Walken, among others. Rating : 7/10 . Better than average. The pic will appeal to Malcolm McDowall fans and Science-Fiction enthusiasts.