

01/02/1998
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?

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

Gerrit Graham
as Warren Whitcomb

Kali Rocha
as Flossy Whitcomb

Laurie Kennedy
as Lavinia Whitcomb

Irma P. Hall
as Mae Mullen

Myra Carter
as Clarice Whitcomb

Richard Woods
as Jacob Campbell

Edgar Smith
as Potts the Postman

Cara Stoner
as Maggie the Maid

George Gaffney
as Bike Rider (Mike)

Tom Riis Farrell
as Scott's Boss (Lester)

Mark Joy
as Celebrity Author (Daniel Montana)

Linda Powell
as Doctor

Sandra Martin Hudgins
as Mrs. Reed (uncredited)

Sam Wells
as Howard Lee (uncredited)

Paul D'Elia
as Desk Jockey (uncredited)

Raymond H. Johnson
as Dignitary at the Ball (uncredited)

Dick Cheatham
as Union Officer with Dance Invitation (uncredited)

Timothy J. Crowe
as Charging Union Soldier (uncredited)

Cal Johnson
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Michael Ruff
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
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