英文电影宝典——Time After Time

			
	
Time After Time  
(Science Fiction/Romance) (1979)
© 1999 by Raymond Weschler

Major Characters

Herbert "HG." Wells...............................................Malcolm McDowell

     In real life, HG. Wells was a famous British writer and social critic who lived
     from 1866 to 1946. He was best known for his idealistic views of socialism and for
     his science-fiction novels, including The Time Machine. In this movie, Wells is a
     young writer who actually invents a time machine that can travel into the future. 

Dr. John Lesley Stevenson ("Jack the Ripper")....................David Warner

     Jack the Ripper was the name given to a famous serial murderer who slit the throats
     of numerous prostitutes in London in the late 1870s. He terrorized the city for years,
     but he was never caught. In the movie, Jack the Ripper is actually Dr. John Lesley
     Stevenson, a surgeon and friend of Wells, who has been able to keep his horrible secret
     from everyone.

Amy Robins......................................................Mary Steenburgen

     A charming bank officer who lives in San Francisco, who meets and falls in love with Wells.	


Plot Summary

The film begins in 1893 London, when HG. Wells reveals to a group of his friends
that he has invented a time machine that will carry him to the future, where he hopes
to find a "socialist utopia."  Unfortunately, his friend Dr. Stevenson is the first to
use his machine in a daring escape, the police Discover that he is actually the famous
killer, Jack the Ripper. 

Panicked that he has unleashed a monster on future generations, Wells also uses the
machine in order to chase him through time to the year 1979 (when this movie was
released). Both Wells and Stevenson end up in San Francisco, because it is here where
a museum exhibit on the life of Wells (including the famous time machine) happens to
be taking place.

After arriving in 1970s San Francisco, Wells searches for Stevenson in hopes of
returning him to 1890s London. Wells wants to bring him back so that he will face
justice for the crimes he had committed. Of course, Stevenson has no intention of
returning, and in fact once again begins his compulsive murdering of prostitutes. 

While the chase continues, Wells meets Amy Robins, who asks him out to lunch. They
gradually fall in love with each other, but as Amy teaches Wells about the modern
world, Stevenson continues his slaughter. Eventually, Wells is forced to tell Amy who
he really is, since Amy herself soon becomes another possible victim of Stevenson's
obsessive violence. Eventually, Wells discovers there is only one way to forever stop
"Jack the Ripper." 


Words and Expressions that You may not Know


          Jack the Ripper strikes again....


Jenny.
     The name of the prostitute in the film's first scene. 

Ta ta, love.
     Very old fashioned for good-bye.  

Its a raw night.
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