Audio problem: When Wells is en route to the Hyatt, exhaust sound from the taxi as it descends the hills of San Francisco seems to have been stolen from the Mustang in "Bullet." When the taxi pulls up in front of the hotel, it sounds again like the ordinary taxi that pulled away with Wells earlier.
Time After Time (1979)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Starring: Charles Cioffi, David Warner, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen
Jack the Ripper attempts to use the time machine to travel even further into the future. However, Wells has sabotaged it to prevent him using it again, and he is vaporized. Wells returns to his own time and takes Amy with him.
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More mistakes in Time After Time
Jack the Ripper: It's catching isn't it, violence.
Trivia: All three of the children of the real H.G. Wells were still alive at the time of this film's release.
Question: When Amy goes back in time to live with H.G. Wells, why did she choose to change her name to Susan B. Anthony?
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Answer: She was joking, but it seems to imply that she intends to influence his political views regarding socialism, global war, women's rights, etc. which the real H.G. Wells wrote about.
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Also, H.G. Wells' second wife was named Amy Robbins, the same name as the Amy in the film, which would further indicate she did not change her name to Susan B. Anthony.
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