Tangents (1994)

An inventor comes up with a time machine, but must prevent its abuse at the hands of an evil CEO.

Director:

David Giancola

Writer:

David Giancola

Stars:

Matthew Bruch, Bonnie Pritchard, Peter Harrington

Bottom 100 #57 | 1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Bruch	...	Nick Miller
Bonnie Pritchard	...	Lisa Henson
Peter Harrington	...	Matthew Paul
George Woodard	...	J.K. Robertson
Michael J. Valentine	...	Cabbie
Jim Rohn	...	Richter
Ted Pendleton	...	Gris
Becky Fenton	...	Becks
Jack McGinnis	...	Mick
Martin Guigui	...	Marty
Peter Beckwith	...	Scalper
Ilene Blackman	...	Newspaper Editor
Daniel Nelson	...	Nicky
Emily Nelson	...	Lis
Margaret Daly	...	Nicky's Mom (as Margaret Schenck)

Storyline

Nick creates a time machine out of an airplane and a Commodore-64, and shows it to his friends by taking them 50 years into the future. Nick sells the technology to Gen-Corp, a high-tech firm run by J.K. Robertson, whose office is in the mezzanine of a shopping mall. Robertson, however, turns out to be Evil, and uses the time machine to plunder the future. With the lives of himself and his friends at stake, Nick needs to use his time machine to travel a week back in time and convince himself not to give the demo to Robertson.

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Plot Keywords:

future | airplane | cult film | bicycle | 2040s | 

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Taglines:

Saving the future before time runs out...

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Official Sites:

Official Edgewood Studios Website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 March 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Time Chasers

Filming Locations:

Burlington, Vermont, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edgewood Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie broke even when Mystery Science Theater 3000 negotiated rights to show it.

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Goofs

At the "50's Diner" parking lot, the license plates of the cars say "Antique" on them.

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Quotes

Marty: Whoa, minutemen!
Nick: Correction, they are pissed minutemen!

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Connections

Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time Chasers (1997)

User Reviews

More obtuse than tangent

Think of this one as Back to the Future...except not very good.

The use of time travel and possible timelines gone askew does nothing to add to the film. Our lead guy is a David Koresh look-alike, but a lot less evil. I think he was trying to do justice to physics teachers who do aviation on the side, but have no time for grocery shopping. There's a romance angle here, but it's not really important. Characters meet themselves in other times and it gets really confusing like where did he get that gun after he jumped from the plane into the lake?? You have incompetent security guards and a CEO with a really funny accent (even funnier acting). There's a lot of running, biking, flying, and a really cool car stunt that took 4 takes. Due to limited budget, the future, past, and present look pretty bad which makes it more funny. Hey, if Lisa Kudrow is in this (even for a few milliseconds), it's worth checking out for kicks.

"Food courts of the future!"