Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986) ( Biggles: Joining the Eighties )

Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Biggles: Joining the Eighties
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Hough

Written By:
W.E. Johns
John Groves

Actors:
Neil Dickson ..... James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth
Alex Hyde-White ..... Jim Ferguson
Fiona Hutchison ..... Debbie
Peter Cushing ..... Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
Marcus Gilbert ..... Eric Von Stalhein
William Hootkins ..... Chuck
Alan Polonsky ..... Bill
Francesca Gonshaw ..... Marie
Michael Siberry ..... Algy
James Saxon ..... Bertie
Daniel Flynn ..... Ginger
Roy Boyd ..... German N.C.O
Samantha Bradshaw ..... Hotel Girl
Andrea Browne ..... Lady Buyer
David Butler ..... British Officer

Synopsis:

One minute the New Yorker advertising expert Jim Ferguson is at a business party - the next he finds himself way back in 1917 in a plane fight during World War I. Mr. Raymond explains to him that he has a time-twin, to whom he's relocated in space and time whenever one of them is in trouble. So he has to help his twin, biplane pilot Biggles, in his attempt to destroy a German super weapon, that could win their war. Of course it's hard for Jim to explain his sudden disappearances to his fiance, Debbie.

Based on the characters created by popular fantasy author Capt. W. E. Johns, Biggles: Adventures in Time casts Neil Dickson in the title role. Biggles is a World War I British flying ace with a gift for time travel. Sucked into Biggles' adventures is a 1980s fast-food entrepreneur, played by Alex Hyde-White. Once he's figured out what's what, Hyde-White vows to help Biggles stay alive. Also along for the ride is Hyde-White's girlfriend Fiona Hutchinson. The beauty part of Biggles: Adventures in Time is that the audience is just as disoriented and confused as Hyde-White; as a result, the film never lowers itself to the Pat and Predictable.

Up-and-coming advertising whiz Jim Ferguson (Alex Hyde-White) is inexplicably transported back in time to the dangerous front lines of World War I. Struggling to understand what's happening to him, he learns he's the 'time twin' of a flying ace, Capt. Bigglesworth (Neil Dickson). As Jim continues to bounce back and forth between the present and the past, he helps Biggles take down a powerful new weapon deployed by the Germans.

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