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Timestalkers [VHS]

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Come on studio, put it on DVD and make scalpers charging $50 to go broke for being so greedy. The movie is a reasonably good time travel story. William Devane, Lauren Hutton, and the rest the cast turn in good performances. The synopsis says the storyline. A man tries to stop a time traveller that is going back to the past to change history. This story has been seen in a couple others, but this is slightly different and the production values are good. I recommend it once it comes out on DVD for a reasonable price. The outrageous prices being asked here for a used VHS is ridiculous.

This is, simply put; One Of THE BEST Time Travel stories I have ever seen in a film.

All the classic elements are there; a villain out to change the future by altering the past, the opposition out to prevent this, temporal anachronisms providing clues, etc... The (dare I say it?) time-honored concept of Paradox is present and accounted for, as expected in a time travel tale...

But where this lil` made-for-tv movie differentiates itself is in the myriad little details and the style in which they are presented in a novel and entertaining manner...Without delving into Spoiler Territory, a good example is one scene where the villain manages to beat the tight security of a restricted military installation by simply time-travelling back 60 years BEFORE the place existed, walking a hundred feet, and then going forward in Time again to When and Where he wants to be with no hindrance from armed guards and electric fences. ( Yes...You could say that he 'got PAST' Security!:)

The plot is overall intelligent with twists and turns that add up to an engaging "mystery in history", with characterisations that are all good, and acting that is straight forward and believable through-out. Action, Adventure, Pathos, Humor and Intelligence are delivered in ample portions as the story unfolds. This film grabs the viewer on many levels, appealing to fans of Sci-Fi, Westerns...or just anyone who wants a good bit of intelligent Human Drama.

True, the plot does have a small hole or two, and some contrived aspects (which is the only reason I did not give it a full "5 Stars") and the time travel-related FX are low-budget tv movie level; but the other production values such as Period Reproduction are top-notch and the aforementioned overall intelligence of the story makes up for such trivialities.

It`s too bad that this little Gem appears to be forgotten, with no DVD release (a vhs came out over a decade ago, and my Search turned up ONE copy on Amazon...for FIFTY BUCK$!!...I feel SOOO lucky to have a great-looking print of this already in my collection...I just watched it, which prompted this review)...

Here`s hoping such a rare intelligent effort does not remain so terribly ignored.

If you like time-travel movies, and cow-boys, and professors, and antiques nuts, you will like this one. Emotion and fun are there too. I can't wait a new release of this video: HURRY.

I was looking for this movie and was truely dissappointed to see it's not out on DVD. It must have been a fun entertaining movie or I wouldn't be here now looking for it on Amazon all these years later. William Devane makes it believable, I always liked how he acted in this movie. I always enjoyed a good time travel movie and this one was a good one, thats all I am saying. It's been too many years since I last saw it to leave a better review. But seriously, if it wasnt any good why would I still be trying to find it to add to my movie collection after so many years. Too many movies take forever to be put on a DVD. As if its some big deal to do so. Compared to some of the crap they so readily produce today and slap on a disc, this should be oscar material compared to those lesser movies. Come on Hollywood, give us a treat and put this on DVD already!

As long i did`nt recieve my product i can only say stay away from dealer. It can`t be true it should take more than 3 month to recieve it.

You can tell this was made for TV. Yet there are a lot of good made for TV movies. This movie has all the elements of future present and past. There are a lot of "what if's" and some old-fashioned gunplay.

Dr. Joseph Cole (Klaus Kinski of Nosferatu fame) a bad guy from the future is determined to change the past for his own nefarious purpose, which could of course changes the present. This is not nice and must be stopped. Georgia Crawford (Lauren Hutton) plays the pivotal character that must see that the perpetrator does not do the dastardly deed. She enlists history professor Scott McKenzie (William Devane) to assist with the technology and events of the time.


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