The time trap

Movie
German title	The time trap
Original title	Timestalkers
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1987
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Michael Schultz
script	Ray Brown Brian Clemens
production	Charles W. Fries Richard Maynard John Newland Milton T. Raynor
music	Craig Safan
camera	Harry Mathias
cut	Conrad M. Gonzalez
occupation
William Devane : Scott McKenzie Lauren Hutton : Georgia Crawford John Ratzenberger : General Joe Brodsky Forrest Tucker : Texas John Cody Klaus Kinski : Dr. Joseph Cole Tracey Walter : Sam James Avery : Blacksmith Danny Pintauro : Billy McKenzie RD Call : Beard John Considine : Dr. Crawford / Matthew Crawford Gail Youngs : Mrs. Laurie McKenzie Patrik Baldauff : Callan Ritch Brinkley : Bartender J. Michael Flynn (as Michael Flynn ) AJ Freeman : Grover Cleveland Tim Russ : Sergeant Filton

The Time Trap ( Timestalkers ) is an American science fiction adventure film from 1987 that is about time travel . It is based on the book The Tintype by the author Ray Brown.

action

History professor Scott McKenzie discovers a modern revolver in an old photograph from 1886. The revolver belongs to Dr. Joseph Cole , a time traveler from 2586 who seeks to change the course of history. His adversary is the scientist Georgia Crawford , also a time traveler. Together with McKenzie , she follows Dr. Cole to the past to prevent an assassination attempt and save the passage of time.

background

History is on Ray Bradbury's short story of Thunder ( English A Sound of Thunder ajar), the later as butterfly effect treated became known theory. The screenplay was written by Brian Clemens , who was best known for Die Profis , Thriller and Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone . Series director Michael Schultz (including Ally McBeal ) directed the film in which actor Forrest Tucker played his last role.

Some of the outdoor scenes were filmed at the Newhall Ranch near Valencia and the Ennis-Brown House in Los Angeles , California .

The television film, produced by Fries Entertainment for CBS , was first broadcast on March 10, 1987, and later released on VHS videotape. On July 15, 2016, the studio Pidax Film Media Ltd. the film on DVD produced for television in the 4: 3 aspect ratio .

Both the DVD and VHS versions used the first dubbing version by 20th Century Fox ; Lothar Blumhagen lends Dr. Cole his voice.

In a second synchronization from 1990, the character is spoken by Fred Maire . This version, commissioned by ZDF , was intended to avoid confusion with well-known characters from television series of the time, which were also dubbed by Blumhagen: including Lord Brett Sinclair from the television series Die 2 (played by Roger Moore ) and Jonathan Higgins from the television series Magnum (played by John Hillerman ).

The original voice of Klaus Kinski cannot be heard in any of the German versions.

Reviews

• Cinema: “Nice B-movie from series director Michael Schultz (“ Ally McBeal ”,“ Buffy ”). Conclusion: sometimes clever, mostly boring. "
• New York Times: " Timestalkers, directed by Michael Shultz, manages to be disarming by never pretending to be more than it is - a cleverly devised bit of entertainment."

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1. ^ ^{A b c} New York Times: Timestalkers . In: NY Times . Retrieved October 26, 2008.
2. ^ ^{A b} New York Times: Timestalkers Review . In: NY Times . Retrieved August 7, 2010.
3. ↑ Filming locations for "The Time Trap" . In: IMDb . Retrieved August 7, 2010.
4. ↑ The time trap . In: Cinema . Retrieved August 7, 2010.

Web links

• Timestalkers in the Internet Movie Database (English)