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1 February 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
A love story that touches two lives....a century apart.Plot:
Scotty Corrigan buys an antique desk and finds a Civil War-era letter inside it, written by a woman who died over a hundred years ago... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
It's a wonderful, wonderful movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Campbell Scott | ... | Scott Corrigan | |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Elizabeth Whitcomb | |
| David Dukes | ... | Everett Reagle | |
| Estelle Parsons | ... | Beatrice Corrigan | |
| Daphne Ashbrook | ... | Debra Zabriskie | |
| Myra Carter | ... | Clarice Whitcomb | |
| Gerrit Graham | ... | Warren Whitcomb | |
| Irma P. Hall | ... | Mae Mullen | |
| Richard Woods | ... | Jacob Campbell | |
| Kali Rocha | ... | Flossy Whitcomb | |
| Laurie Kennedy | ... | Lavinia Whitcomb | |
| Edgar Smith | ... | Potts the Postman | |
| Cara Stoner | ... | Maggie the Maid | |
| George Gaffney | ... | Bike Rider | |
| Tom Riis Farrell | ... | Scott's Boss |
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Based on a short story of the same name by Jack Finney. The story was first published in "The Saturday Evening Post" on August 1, 1959, and reprinted in the same magazine on January/February 1988. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: The first shot of the Whitcomb house in 1863 has a small electric light on over the front doorway. moreFAQ
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I love romance movies. I'll spend boring weekends just popping them in the VCR. I love time travel romances and after watching SOMEWHERE IN TIME for the 10th time spent an entire weekend debating where "the watch" originated with my husband and friends. I happened to catch THE LOVE LETTER on cable one rainy afternoon and by the end of the movie I had gone through an entire box of Kleenex. The "romance" between Scotty and Lizzie was so touching. I did think that the poems Lizzie wrote were pretty sappy but we're talking about the 19th century here. Whenever you watch a time travel movie or read that type of book, you really have to learn to suspend disbelief, but the way this movie was handled it seemed so possible. That they could actually feel each others presence across time was so beautifully handled. The music was hauntingly beautiful as well. My only quibble with the whole story was if the time portal worked from the past to the present, why couldn't it work from the present to the past. I felt so sad that Lizzie had to live all those years without Scotty. All in all it's a great movie. I would, and have, recommended it to anyone who loves romance.