The film “Love Through Time”, reviews of which can be found in this article, is a dramatic fantasy directed by Akiva Goldsman. This is his debut work, which was released in 2014. Starring Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly.
Filming
Work on the film "Love Through Time", reviews of which are given in this material, began in 2011. Goldman received $ 75 million for this project. True, at the beginning of next year, the budget was significantly reduced (up to $ 46 million), at the same time it was announced that Will Smith and Russell Crowe would star in the film.
The main work on the tape began in October 2012, but after a few weeks was interrupted due to Hurricane Sandy. The set has become the territory of all of New York, including Brooklyn, Central Station, Central Park, East Villages.
Caleb Deschanel, who was known for his work on the films Woman Under the Influence, Passion of Christ, President Lincoln: The Vampire Hunter, was invited as an operator.
The music for the film was written by Hans Zimmer in collaboration with Rupert Gregson-Williams.
The plot of the tape
The film "Love Through Time" begins with the events of 1895. Parents of young Peter are not given permission to cross the US border. They are emigrants from Russia, their father suffers from tuberculosis, and this becomes a decisive moment in making a decision. Desiring the best for their child, they decide to send him on a ship under the saying "Citadel of Justice."
Many years pass, Peter becomes an adult. He is a thief hunted by his former boss named Perley Soames. Once he forced a young man to use his talents to commit crimes. Finding out where he is, the Soames gang surrounds Peter. However, the main character manages to escape in the most amazing way. At the last moment, a white horse appears, saving him from danger.
Peter tries to escape from the city, but the horse stops him near a beautiful house. There the owner’s daughter meets him, this is a red-haired beauty who dies of consumption. Her name is Beverly Penn. They fall in love with each other at first sight. Peter faces a difficult choice - to stay with the beautiful girl he fell in love with, or to escape from his pursuer.
It turns out that Soames has magical powers. With their help, he finds the girl, trying to abduct her. He believes that the universe itself sent the girl to Peter. Peter rescues her, on a horse a couple in love is hiding from Perley in a lakeside country house owned by Beverly's father. This is a major newspaper tycoon Isaac Penn.
Soames itself, due to ancient rules, cannot get to the lake. He goes to Lucifer to give him powers that will allow him to penetrate the lake and prevent Lake from fulfilling his task. Lucifer is against, because the demon has a personal interest.
Peter Meets Beverly's Father
The main character admits to Beverly’s father that, despite the fact that he is a thief and a tramp, Peter loves the girl sincerely, his thoughts regarding her are completely pure. Lake manages to prove this when he saves the house and Mr. Penn from an explosion, risking his own life. A steam boiler nearly explodes there.
Meanwhile, Willa (Beverly's sister) tells Peter how to save the patient. If you kiss her in a special box located in the greenhouse, then she will certainly recover.
At the New Year's ball, Beverly secretly poisons Gabriel, who acts on the instructions of Soames. Peter and Beverly make love that night. At the end of the evening, the poison begins to act, the girl dies. Peter makes every effort to save her, takes her to the greenhouse, kisses, but this does not help at all, because, in addition to her illness, she is also poisoned by Gabriel.
Peter realizes that Perley was involved in the death of his lover. He heads to Brooklyn Bridge to avenge him. Soames, along with his minions, attacks Peter and throws him off his horse. Indeed, in fact, the goal of Perley is not only to deal with the assistant himself, but also with his guardian angel. An annoyed Lake, sacrificing himself, saves the horse. Then Soames pounced on the young man, throws him into the river, believing that, finally, he finished him and killed him.
The rescue
However, Peter manages to escape. He gets ashore, but due to injuries he loses his memory. After the battle with Soames, he lives without aging, for many years drawing on the asphalt the only thing that he still remembers. This is a red-haired girl, behind whom the moon is depicted.
In 2014, he accidentally meets a young girl. This communication helps him remember the past, his memory returns. Although he recalls everything only partially. Peter heads to the library. There he wants to find out the details, to restore the gaps in his memories. Finally, his memory is returned to him with the help of a journalist named Virginia Gameley.
In the movie Love Through Time, they go to the owner of the influential newspaper The Sun. She is an old Will. She tells Peter that he still has not died, since she has not fulfilled what is destined for him.
Meanwhile, Abby, the daughter of Virginia, is dying of cancer. Peter realizes that he must save her. A horse on its magical wings carries them to the lake house. There he is met by Perley Soames, who nevertheless obtained permission from Lucifer for a decisive mortal duel with his rival when he found out that he was alive. On the lake, the stallion breaks the ice, sinking all the Soames thugs. At the same time, the demon himself manages to survive in a happy way, he rushes at Peter.
Final duel
Peter manages to emerge victorious from this battle, using plates from the model of the ship in which his parents once put him.
However, Abby is still dying. Peter is not able to get to the greenhouse in time and kiss to bring her back to life. Peter fulfills his mission, he gets the right to meet with Beverly. On a winged horse, he goes to the stars themselves.
Colin Farrell
In the film Love Through Time (2014), Colin Farrell plays the main character Peter Lake. Farrell is an Irishman who was born in 1976. He made his debut in a small role in the little-known film "Frankie's Stars", playing the role of a guy in a movie. In 1999, he flashed in Tim Roth’s drama "The Zone of War."
In 2000, he received the Boston Film Criticism Prize for his role as Private Roland Bozz in Joel Schumacher's military drama Country of the Tigers. Then came the Gregori Hoblit Shanghai International Film Festival’s war drama Award “Hart War”, MTV film award as the best villain in Mark Stephen Johnson’s daredevil superhero crime movie, John Crowley’s comedy crime drama Award “Break” and melodrama "House at the end of the world."
In 2009, Farrell won the Golden Globe for starring in the black tragedy of Martin McDonagh, "Bottom of the Bruges."
Among his recent works, it should be noted the crime series "The Real Detective", the adventure fantasy of David Yates "Fantastic Beasts and Where They Live", the psychological drama of Yorgos Lantimos "The Killing of the Sacred Deer."
Russell Crowe
In the film "Love Through Time", actor Russell Crowe played the role of Perley Soames. This is a famous New Zealand actor who has been nominated three times for the Academy Award.
His first notable film work was the role of Lieutenant Corbett in Stephen Wallace’s military drama "Blood Vow" in 1990. In 2000, he was first nominated for an Oscar for Michael Mann’s biographical drama, “His Man,” but the award then went to Kevin Spacey for a psychological drama by Sam Mendes called American Beauty.
The following year, Crowe is already taking the figurine for himself. Starring for him is the role of Maximus in the drama of Ridley Scott's "Gladiator". In 2002, he was nominated for the third time in a row, playing the genius of mathematics Josh Nash in Ron Howard's biographical melodrama "Mind Games." But the victory in the nomination "Best Actor" was won by Denzel Washington for the criminal thriller Antoine Fukua "Training Day".
Mind Games was the most successful in Crowe’s career. For her, he received the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild of the United States and BAFTA.
Jennifer connelly
The role of Virginia Gaimley in the film "Love Through Time", in the reviews of the film, her work is highly rated, performed by American Jennifer Connelly.
Her debut on the big screen took place in 1982 in the detective series "Invented Stories". Two years later, she played the young Deborah in the gangster film Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in America.
Connelly came to fame after Darren Aronofsky’s psychological drama “Requiem for a Dream,” in which she played Marion Silver. The actress was nominated for several prestigious awards, however, she could only get the Saturn Prize.
In 2002, Connelly found himself in an Oscar for Best Actress in a supporting role in the film Mind Games, which brought fame to Crow.
Her latest works include Darren Aronofsky’s dramatic fantasy Noah, John Watts’s fantastic action movie Spider-Man: Homecoming, Joseph Kosinski’s biographical drama The Case of the Brave.
Will Smith
The role of Judge Lucifer in the film "Love Through Time" (2014) is played by Will Smith. This is a stellar American actor who has been nominated for an Academy Award twice. The first time this happened in 2002 after filming in Michael Mann’s biographical sports drama "Ali", and the second - in 2007 for shooting in Gabriele Muccino's drama entitled "Pursuit of Happiness." If for the first time Washington was ahead of him, then in the second - Forest Whitaker with the historical drama “The Last King of Scotland” by Kevin MacDonald.
Will Smith is an extremely popular American actor. On his track record of role in Michael Bay’s action movie Bad Boys, Roland Emmerich’s disaster film Independence Day, Barry Sonnefeld’s comedy film People in Black, Tony Scott’s drama “Enemy of the State,” fantastic detective Alex Proyas, “I, Robot ", the post-apocalyptic drama by Francis Lawrence," I am a legend, "the drama by Gabriele Machcino" Seven Lives. "
Jessica Findlay
Beverly played Jessica Findlay. This is a young English actress, whose film career began only in 2009. It all started with the tape "Man on a Motorcycle", fame came to her after the image of Lady Sybil Crowley in the series "Downton Abbey."
Her last work at the moment is the historical mini-series by Alison Newman and Moira Buffinin "Courtesans."
Reviews
On the film “Love Through Time” (2014), reviews can be found both positive and negative. Those who like this work are told that this is the perfect movie for Valentine's Day. In reviews of the film "Love Through Time," viewers and critics note that the main advantages of the film are the brilliant cast. Crow deserves special attention, who appears in a completely atypical image for himself, brilliantly coping with the task.
In the reviews of "Love Through Time", another strong point is mythological. The opposition of Evil and Good against the background of human destinies is shown freshly and in a new way.
In negative reviews of “Love Through Time” (2014), viewers notice a weak plot, poorly spelled out dialogues. In addition, the romance and love that many had hoped for is quite a bit. “Love through time” reviews received very controversial.