An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.
Practical Effects
Gloriously tactile future tech that looks like heated blankets
Costume
Cheryl Ladd's silver lamé bodysuit: peak 1989 future-chic
Writing
Varley's paradox-heavy dialogue delivered with straight faces
Director
Michael Anderson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Varley hated the adaptation so much he took his name off an earlier TV version; this film kept him credited but he still winced.
A peak example of 'Canuxploitation'—Canadian tax-shelter sci-fi where budget limitations became accidental aesthetic choices.
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