Future Past (film)

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Future Past
Directed by Rob Stewart
Written byMichael McGennan
StarringNicholas Ryan
Imogen Annesley
John Ley
Music by Chris Neal
Production
company
Cinefunds Limited
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
83 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Future Past is a 1987 Australian science-fiction film. [1] It is one of the "Tomorrow's News" series of telemovies made in Australia in the late 1980s by CineFunds Limited, others including Outback Vampires , I've Come About the Suicide , Computer Ghosts , and Hard Knuckle . [2]

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Plot

Harlan is a computer whiz kid who works in a video store. He comes into contact with a group from the future, including his own self.

Cast

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p65
  2. Review at Peter Malone website accessed 29 June 2013