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Jim's Gift(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-01-01
60%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Overview:
A mysterious stranger presents a boy with a VCR that can "play" the past...and the future. How it affects the boy and his struggling middle-class family is the central story.
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United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
VCI
Dandelion Films
Movie: Jim's Gift
Top 10 Billed Cast
Robert Llewellyn
The Stranger
Jean Boht
Mrs. Leaver
Doug Bradley
Mr. Winthrop
Jennifer Calvert
Mrs. Totteridge
Nick Frost
Wally
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A mysterious stranger presents a boy with a VCR that can "play" the past...and the future. How it affects the boy and his struggling middle-class family is the central story.
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1996-01-01
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