A mysterious stranger presents a boy with a VCR that can "play" the past...and the future. How it affects the boy and his struggling middle-class family is the central story.
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Cast
Luciano Romano
Jim
Robert Llewellyn
The Stranger
Jean Boht
Mrs. Leaver
Doug Bradley
Mr. Winthrop
Daniel Burke
Jim, 4 years old
Jennifer Calvert
Mrs. Totteridge
Sean Connolly
Mr. Arthur T. Bowen
Sarah Cronin-Stanley
Dogs Home Attendant
Nick Frost
Wally
Ann Gosling
Karen
Danny Green
Bully's Mate
Amy Griffin
Karen, 8 years old
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