Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, lives above her apartment. Stuart finds a space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He goes back to the 19th Century and takes pictures of the place. Leopold -- a man living in the 1870s -- is puzzled by Stuart's tiny camera, follows him back through the gap, and they both ended up in the present day. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insight from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters.
Written by Rosemea D.S. MacPherson
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
During a heated argument, Kate tells Leopold she won't take a pious speech from a "200-year-old man." Leopold was a 30-year-old from 1876. The film was produced in 2000 and set in the modern day, making Leopold about 155 years old.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Roebling:
Time. Time, it has been proposed, is the fourth dimension. And yet, for mortal man, time has no dimension at all. We are like horses with blinders, seeing only what lies before us. Forever guessing the future and fabricating the past. See more »
Crazy Credits
In 1852, Elisha Graves Otis invented the safety brake for a lifting
platform. One year later in 1853, he founded the Otis Elevator Company in
Yonkers, New York. The Otis Elevator Company is a wholly owned subsidiary
of United Technologies Corporation.
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"Tivoli-Rutsch-Walzer"
Performed by The Gaudier Ensemble Composed by Johann Strauß Sr. (as Johann Strauss I) Courtesy of Hyperion Records LTD.
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