Released:
1998-02-01

Overview:
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?

Director:
Dan Curtis

Runtime:
1h 38min

Genre:
Romance, Fantasy, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Campbell Scott
  as
  Scotty Corrigan
• 
  Jennifer Jason Leigh
  as
  Lizzie Whitcomb
• 
  David Dukes
  as
  Everett Reagle
• 
  Estelle Parsons
  as
  Beatrice Corrigan
• 
  Daphne Ashbrook
  as
  Debra Zabriskie