Out of Time is a 1988 science fiction film

Science fiction film

Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...

, starring Bruce Abbott

Bruce Abbott

Bruce Paul Abbott is an American actor. He has appeared in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, and Bride of Re-Animator, and the TV series Dark Justice....

 and Bill Maher

Bill Maher

William "Bill" Maher, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and...

. It was a failed television pilot

Television pilot

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 made into a television movie

Television movie

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Synopsis

A cop from the year 2088 (Abbott) is transported back to 1988 while pursuing a criminal attempting to flee via a time machine

Time travel

Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...

, and enlists the aid of his legendary great-grandfather (Maher) in pursuing the crook.

Cast

• Bruce Abbott
  Bruce Abbott
  Bruce Paul Abbott is an American actor. He has appeared in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, and Bride of Re-Animator, and the TV series Dark Justice....
  
   as Channing Taylor
• Bill Maher
  Bill Maher
  William "Bill" Maher, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and...
  
   as Maxwell Taylor
• Rebecca Schaeffer
  Rebecca Schaeffer
  Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer was an American actress best known for her role in the sitcom My Sister Sam...
  
   as Pam Wallace
• Kristian Alfonso
  Kristian Alfonso
  Kristian-Joy Alfonso is a long-time American dramatic actress, former figure skater and fashion model. She is best known for playing Hope Williams Brady, which she has played since 1983 on the long-running NBC dramatic serial Days of our Lives.- Early career :She began her career as a figure...
  
   as Cassandra Barber
• Leo Rossi
  Leo Rossi
  Leo Rossi is an American actor and writer. He is known for his role as Budd in the 1981 horror film Halloween II and as Turkell from the 1990 horror sequel Maniac Cop 2. His other films include Heart Like a Wheel , River's Edge , The Accused , Relentless and Analyze This...
  
   as Ed Hawkins
• Ray Girardin
  Ray Girardin
  Ray Girardin is an American actor. he studied acting at Boston University on the GI Bill, got his Equity card at the Charles Playhouse, then went off to New York where he did a lot of stage work and met his wife Marlene. With a move to Hollywood, he found himself in front of cameras at MGM working...
  
   as Capt. Krones
• Adam Ant
  Adam Ant
  Adam Ant is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s...
  
   as Richard Marcus
• Arva Holt as Capt. Stuart
• Tom La Grua as Frank
• Barbara Tarbuck as Dr. Kerry Langdon

Directed by Robert Butler

Production

This movie was made after the popularity of the 1985 film Back to the Future

Back to the Future

Back to the Future is a 1985 American science-fiction adventure film. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson. The film tells the story of...

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Sources

• TV Guide
  TV Guide
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   magazine
• Article from Lansing State Journal
  Lansing State Journal
  The Lansing State Journal is a daily newspaper published in Lansing, Michigan owned by Gannett.-Overview:The Lansing State Journal is the sole daily newspaper published in metropolitan Lansing...
  
   newspaper of July 14, 1988.
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