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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1989 DVD Release: 04/20/1999 Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins Studio: Live/Artisan Total Copies: 7 Genres: Science Fiction, Psychological Sci-Fi See Also: Millennium

Where has director Michael Anderson been since Logan's Run? Earning his keep on such slick TV-style time-fillers as Millennium. Kris Kristofferson plays the head of an official committee investigating the head-on collision of two commercial jets. A thorough analysis reveals the presence of a weapon of unknown origin in the wreckage; it is also pointed out that some of the victims' watches are running backwards. This, coupled with the cryptic warnings by flight attendant Cheryl Ladd to drop the investigation, prompts Kristofferson to burrow further and uncover the truth: Ladd is a sentinel from 1000 years in the future, who has come back to the 20th Century to help repopulate her dying civilization. Plot pegs and obstacles are in the hands of such sideline characters as enigmatic professor Daniel Travanti and amiable android Robert Joy. Millennium was adapted by John Varley from his own story -Air Raid. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Kris Kristofferson - Bill Smith
Cheryl Ladd - Louise Baltimore
Daniel J. Travanti - Dr. Arnold Mayer
Robert Joy - Sherman the Robot
Al Waxman - Dr. Brindle
Lloyd Bochner - Walters

Although this single-layer, closed-captioned, widescreen anamorphic (1.85:1 aspect ratio) DVD comes only with rather flat-sounding "digitally mastered" English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Sound for audio (no other options included), it includes an alternative ending never before seen in the theaters. The rest of the rather pallid special features include the usual brief production notes, the theatrical trailers, and crew/cast bios and filmographies. Multiple angles (not under viewer control) repeat big pieces of the film. A single-leaf insert into the plastic DVD case front cover gives a chapter index. ~ Craig Chalquist, All Movie Guide