The Love Letter (1998) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 1, 1998

Original Title:
The Love Letter

Alternate Titles:
Lettera D'Amore

Genres:
Fantasy | Romance | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Hallmark Entertainment
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 

Runtime: 98

A letter from the past would change their future forever.

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?

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Art Direction:
Ann Champion

Assistant Editor:
Melissa Gearhart

Casting:
Lynn Kressel

Cinematography:
Paul M. Pollard

Co-Executive Producer:
Brent Shields

Co-Producer:
Lynn Raynor

Construction Coordinator:
Richard Blankenship

Costume Designer:
Dorothy Amos

Director:
Dan Curtis

Director of Photography:
Eric Van Haren Noman

Editor:
Bill Blunden

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Kathleen Straub

Executive Producer:
Richard Welsh

First Assistant Director:
Donald P.H. Eaton

Gaffer:
Robert Driskell

Key Grip:
Billy Sherrill

Key Hair Stylist:
Sally J. Harper
Robert Harper

Key Makeup Artist:
Janeen Schreyer
Patricia Androff

Locale Casting Director:
Tracy Kilpatrick

Location Manager:
Mark Cottrell

Music Editor:
Chris Ledesma

Original Music Composer:
Bob Cobert

Post Production Supervisor:
Andrea Lapins

Producer:
Dan Curtis

Production Coordinator:
Michael Todd Schlenker

Production Design:
Jan Scott

Production Sound Mixer:
Jim Hawkins

Property Master:
Dick Kyker

Script Supervisor:
Larry K. Johnson

Second Assistant Director:
Lynn Wegenka

Set Decoration:
Erica Rogalla

Short Story:
Jack Finney

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Sherry Klein

Special Effects:
Bob Shelley

Story:
James S. Henerson

Supervising Sound Editor:
Michael O'Corrigan

Teleplay:
James S. Henerson

Transportation Coordinator:
Michael Davis

Unit Production Manager:
James T. Davis

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