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Running Against Time

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Running Against Time
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GenreScience fiction
Based onA Time to Remember
by Stanley Shapiro
Teleplay by
  • Stanley Shapiro
  • Robert Glass
Directed byBruce Seth Green
Starring
Music byDon Davis
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Pat Finnegan
  • Sheldon Pinchuk
ProducerDavid Roessell
CinematographyBrian R. R. Hebb
EditorHeather Jo MacDougall
Running time92 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkUSA Network
ReleaseNovember 21, 1990 (1990-11-21)

Running Against Time is a 1990 American science fiction television film directed by Bruce Seth Green, written by Stanley Shapiro and Robert Glass, and starring Robert Hays, Catherine Hicks, and Sam Wanamaker. Based on Shapiro's 1986 novel A Time to Remember, the film is about a college professor who travels back in time in an attempt to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film was Shapiro's final work; it aired on the USA Network on November 21, 1990, four months after his death, and was dedicated to his memory.

Plot

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A college professor, who has not recovered after the death of his brother in Vietnam, hears rumors about a famous professor working on a time machine. He meets him and persuades the professor to send him back in time in order to stop the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Vietnam War, but things don't go according to plan.[1][2]

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Cast

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Reception

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Ken Tucker, writing for Entertainment Weekly called the movie "simultaneously solemn and wacky" but "not without charm".[3] The LA Times compared it unfavorably to the Back to the Future films.[4]

Years later, the similarities and differences with Stephen King's novel 11/22/63 and its TV adaptation, were referenced by critics.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Running against Time (1990)". BFI. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  2. ^ Green, Bruce Seth (1990-11-21), Running Against Time (Sci-Fi), Robert Hays, Catherine Hicks, Sam Wanamaker, Wayne Tippit, Coastline Partners, Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions, MCA Television Entertainment (MTE), retrieved 2021-01-25
  3. ^ "Running Against Time". EW.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  4. ^ "TV Review : 'Against Time' on USA". Los Angeles Times. 1990-11-21. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  5. ^ "11.22.63 Bonus Episode 3: A Time To Remember Running Against Time – 11.22.63". barrenspace.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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