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The Rift

  • Episode aired Apr 3, 2020
  • TV-PG
  • 48m
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6.7/10
1.2K
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Austin Stowell and Duncan Joiner in Amazing Stories (2020)
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When a WWII pilot crashes in modern-day Ohio, a young widow and her stepson are swept up in his search for home.When a WWII pilot crashes in modern-day Ohio, a young widow and her stepson are swept up in his search for home.When a WWII pilot crashes in modern-day Ohio, a young widow and her stepson are swept up in his search for home.

  • Director
    • Mark Mylod
  • Writers
    • Edward Kitsis
    • Adam Horowitz
    • Don Handfield
  • Stars
    • Austin Stowell
    • Kerry Bishé
    • Duncan Joiner
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mark Mylod
    • Writers
      • Edward Kitsis
      • Adam Horowitz
      • Don Handfield
    • Stars
      • Austin Stowell
      • Kerry Bishé
      • Duncan Joiner
    • 27User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Austin Stowell
    Austin Stowell
    • Lieutenant Theodore Cole
    Kerry Bishé
    Kerry Bishé
    • Mary Ann Whitaker
    Duncan Joiner
    Duncan Joiner
    • Elijah Whitaker
    Edward Burns
    Edward Burns
    • Bill Kaminski
    Juliana Canfield
    Juliana Canfield
    • Nina Bowman
    Andrew Benator
    Andrew Benator
    • Milburg
    Martha B. Knighton
    Martha B. Knighton
    • Pauline
    • (as Martha Bird Knighton)
    Erika Coleman
    Erika Coleman
    • Pauline's Nurse
    Michael Chandler
    Michael Chandler
    • Sheriff Parker
    Jay DeVon Johnson
    Jay DeVon Johnson
    • Police Chief McClarty
    Alicia Roberts
    • TV News Anchor
    Desmond Phillips
    • Deputy Sheriff #1
    Henry Bazemore Jr.
    Henry Bazemore Jr.
    • Deputy Sheriff #2
    Susan Savoie
    Susan Savoie
    • ER Nurse
    • (as Susan Williams)
    Derek McDonnell
    Derek McDonnell
    • Male Nurse
    Aly Ward Azevedo
    • Teenage Girl on Phone
    Leon S LaMar III
    Leon S LaMar III
    • Special Forces
    Edward L. Oliver
    Edward L. Oliver
    • Black Hawk Soldier
    • Director
      • Mark Mylod
    • Writers
      • Edward Kitsis
      • Adam Horowitz
      • Don Handfield
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    5cruise01

    Eh

    2.5 out of 5 stars.

    Plot was cliche. About a pilot in ww2 travelling to future from a rift. Coming across a a woman and her step son which they have been conflicted. Not much happens with this episode besides the kid trying to be a hero. Terrible acting. Boring script and direction.
    4TheTruthofItIs

    Amateur attempt

    I expected FAR MORE from director Mark Mylod, an otherwise accomplished tv director. He basically phoned this in, it looks like it was directed by someone in high school. The story plays out so predictably, too. Again, the show just wreaks of "this is the last one, so let's just get through this." No twists, turns, just a predictable straight line from beginning to end, just like they wrote in the early days of tv.
    2gliner43-713-530370

    Awful

    The ridiculous acting and the pathetic stories in this series have convinced me to cancel Apple TV.

    A lack of content, and the poor quality of what content they offer just go to prove that Apple is no longer an innovative company.
    10lilyinurheart

    Best stories

    Wrapped just right. Acting and story wise. Love love love.
    6jaigurudavid

    Same old same old

    Not much new here. "Terminator" meets "Cast Away" meets "E.T." with a bit of "Psycho" thrown in. A buffet of tired and threadbare story lines served in a TV dinner tray.

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    • Trivia
      Lt. Theodore Cole's aircraft is the P-40 Warhawk, the same flown by Captain "Wild Bill" Kelso in Steven Spielberg's "1941". Cole also travels from December 1941, the month and year as the events in the movie.

      Spielberg is the executive producer of this series.
    • Goofs
      Mary Ann says that based on the government's previous experience with the rift, Theodore can't take anything new back with him. But Kaminski never said anything like that, and the implication is that the government never tried. All Kaminski said is that the time traveler has to take everything back with him that he brought: that doesn't exclude new items.
    • Quotes

      Elijah Whitaker: They think you're a bad guy. Are you?

      Lieutenant Theodore Cole: No, I was fighting bad guys.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits with the title card, writer, and director credits "flip" from one to another with a sound like an old-style TV changing channels, with the credits shown on an old-style TV set.
    • Connections
      References Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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      • April 3, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
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      • 48m
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