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The Love Letter

1998 · 98 min

A gentle, bittersweet romance that sweeps you into a wistful, time-crossed longing, with a warm ache and a hopeful sigh.

Directed by
Dan Curtis
Genres
Romance, Fantasy, Tv movie
Starring
Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes
Tagline
A letter from the past would change their future forever.
Overview
20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?

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Directed by
Dan Curtis
Genres
Romance, Fantasy, Tv movie
Starring
Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • fate
  • grief
  • memory
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism4
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, fantasy, tv movie
Directed by
Dan Curtis
Written by
James S. Henerson
Starring
Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes, Estelle Parsons, Daphne Ashbrook, Gerrit Graham, Kali Rocha, Laurie Kennedy
Music
Bob Cobert
Cinematography
Eric Van Haren Noman
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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