The Love Letter
1998 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,531 VOTES · DIR. Dan Curtis
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?
Dialogue Timeline — 873 lines
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00:00:35 Perfect.
00:06:21 and I am at last free to speak to you.
00:09:08 Boston.
00:13:12 I speak only in my mind and heart... if only you existed."
00:15:45 It's open 24 hours for deposit.
00:21:10 Thank you.
00:25:45 Who are you?
00:30:15 I have submitted them to Mr. Reagle. I'm still awaiting a response.
00:33:02 you light up like a Christmas tree when your lover enters the room.
00:36:00 And, I'm an avid reader of the modern novel.
00:39:18 He wanted to meet you.
00:43:34 Amazing as it seems, I felt it, too
00:45:53 Well?
00:48:19 Well, it had to be somebody if you almost came to blows over it.
00:51:12 put them in that compartment, close it, and they...
00:57:10 And he, it appears, seems to feel an attraction as well.
01:01:55 ...well...
01:05:24 You can't go in there.
01:10:06 against the wishes of your father...
01:13:05 I'm sorry.
01:19:27 Falling forward
01:25:20 been writing to me.
01:29:22 if you don't feel that way about me
01:35:56 "I never forgot".