The Love Letter

1998 "A letter from the past would change their future forever."
The Love Letter
7.2| 1h38m| en| More Info
Released: 01 February 1998 Released
Producted By: Hallmark Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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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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loulou1154 Love this movie! It has to be one of the best romantic movies I have watched in a long time! I would love to find out how to download the music IN THE MOVIE! I listened to the soundtrack and it doesn't include that beautiful music playing in the background! I know that the composer is Bob Cobert but cannot find the music! Does anyone know where to get it? I enjoy watching fictional love stories which I believe this is! I thought that the acting was fantastic and very heart warming. It has a great ending but I won't tell in detail because I don't want ruin and spoil the ending! I have a deep interest in antiques so the part of the movie regarding the old antique desk fascinated me. The Civil war scenes were wonderful!
rodvince When I first saw this film in Hallmark Channel way back in 1999 or 2000 (I'm not sure about the year), I was in an internet romance/long-distance relationship. I was so fascinated with the movie since I somehow saw myself as Scott Corrigan (Campbell Scott) in that story (exchanging romantic messages). Thus, I recorded that movie. Every time I wrote my email messages to my internet romance, I was always watching this movie (the TV is located near my computer table). When I finally met my internet romance in person in 2001, I saw that our personalities did not really match, and I did not see myself as spending the rest of my life with her so we ended our relationship. I stopped watching this movie since then since it only reminded me of her. Last night, I was so bored thus I decided to go through my old tapes. Lo and behold, I saw this movie again. Though the excitement of romance is no longer there, I still enjoyed watching this movie. However,I just treated it as just like any other drama film. Still, I'd consider this as one of my favorites, considering that I'm into hard-action movies.
Riamert I saw this movie on Hallmark with my daughter and until this day, it is our most favorite romantic movie. We saw him at least 3 or 4 times.It is about a man and a woman who are living in different centuries. The scene I like best is when they both go up the stairs and they feel on another, strange but so romantic. And when she goes to him when he is at war and she found him very much hurt, I needed a tissue. I can't wait to buy him on DVD. But in Belgium he is not yet available. Can someone tell me when he would be released in Belgium? I be the first the buy this movie. I like to read about the American History and The Civil War is one of my favorite theme's. Both actors: Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh are very good in the movie. They really touched my heart. I hope I can see this movie again soon. I really hope they release him soon in my country.Many greetings Ria Mertens
ivrydov With a zillion channels to choose from today and only so much time, the first thing I do when I click by is check the actors. I came in today five minutes into this one and saw the name Campbell Scott. Everything he does is worth a look so I was tempted. I'm also a sucker for Jennifer Jason Leigh since I still vividly remember as a teenager enjoying her father Victor Morrow in Blackboard Jungle and of course feeling enraged later at his death due to someone's negligence on a set. I don't have much patience for romantic love stories but I said okay, I'll stick with it for a while.What a brilliant effort all the way around. I expected soap bubbles and got glue instead on the seat of my trousers. Riveting. I had long despaired of American-produced sci-fi -- the aliens always speak and understand English not Cantonese and their "future" values they seem to have gleaned reading yesterday's Los Angeles Times. This was sci-fi at its best, unobtrusively raising the deepest questions touching reality and in this case arriving at the answer that one of the greatest scientist of all times gave. Pierre Laplace postulated that if you could acquire sufficient knowledge, you could then know the position and movement of all the atoms in the universe, with all that implies. But on his deathbed he is reported to have put knowledge in perspective in terms of defining reality. He said all science is trifling, nothing was real but love.I'd give this a 10 but what bothered me were the stamps. Anyone who handled the letters would have noticed something curious about them and asked questions. Or did they change form in transit? And if that happened, why did Corrigan (Scott) go to the trouble of using pen and ink? Oh well, can't be picky, and perhaps in the original story by the Invasion of the Body Snatchers author, this was explained.