An English Duke from 1876 is inadvertedly dragged to modern day New York where he falls for a plucky advertising executive.
When Leopold is chasing Stuart down the stairs and out of his house, Stuart seems to jump a few meters in a second. In the "Director's Cut" version, the two guys actually bump into Kate there.
Roebling:
Time. Time, it has been proposed, is the fourth dimension. And yet, for mortal man, time has no dimension at all. We are like horses with blinders, seeing only what lies before us. Forever guessing the future and fabricating the past.
Kate's hairstyle changes repeatedly during the business dinner event at the modern Madison Ave house, and less obviously (but still noticeably) back in time at the same location.
In 1852, Elisha Graves Otis invented the safety brake for a lifting platform. One year later in 1853, he founded the Otis Elevator Company in Yonkers, New York. The Otis Elevator Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation.
The following scenes were cut from the film just a few days before the release:
English, French
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