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    Time After Time
    Genre:Thriller

    Reviewed In Issue 11 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen.

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 2.5
    Sound Rating: 3
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Warner Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 22031
    (MPAA Rating): PG
    (Retail Price): $$34.98
    (Running Time In Minutes): 112
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): No
    (Theatrical Release): 1979
    (LD Release Date): 10/1/94
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Nicholas Meyer
    (Screenplay/Written By): Nicholas Meyer
    (Story): Karl Alexander & Steve Hayes
    (Music): Miklos Rozsa
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): Edward C. Carfagno
    (Visual Effects):
    (Costume Designer):
    (Editor): Donn Cambern
    (Supervising Sound Editors):
    (Re-Recording Mixers):
    (Executive Producers): NA
    (Co-Producers): NA
    (Producers): Herb Jaffe

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography):
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.40:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Surround
    (Theatrical Sound): Dolby Stereo A
    (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
    (Remastered Dolby Digital): No
    (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
    (Additional Languages):

    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Time After Time is a classic suspense drama that has as its premise the meeting of science genius H.G. Wells stalking criminal genius Jack the Ripper across time. The story begins in the London of 1893 where a de-mented killer with a macabre nickname be-comes linked in time with a scientist who would write a visionary novel called The Time Machine. Writer/director Nicholas Meyer of Star Trek movies’ fame rewrites the stories of these two men such that H.G. Wells’ celebrated time machine isn’t fiction and Jack the Ripper escapes capture by fleeing his own time to take refuge in ours—with Wells himself in desperate pursuit.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The picture has been transferred at 2.40:1. The picture renders fleshtones inconsistently and inaccurately with a slight reddish hue. Overall detail and color fidelity is wanting in some scenes. Shadow detail is good as are blacks and the transfer is noise free with virtually no artifacts except for a slight grain.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The soundtrack has an effectively presented stereo music score that complements the suspense. Otherwise the sound collapses to monaural with dialogue that is slightly muffled. A subtle surround presence is attributed to the expansive score.
    (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): No
    (Aggressive System Surround): No
    (Intense 25Hz Bass): No
    (Deep Bass Challenging): No
    (Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
    (Holosonic Soundfield): No
    (Aggressive Split Surround): No
    (Center Back Surround Imaging): No
    (Directionalized Dialogue): No
    Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality:
    Superb Music Score Recording Quality:
    Superb Special Visual Effects Quality:
    Superb Color Fidelity:
    Superb Cinematography:
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