The Love Letter (1998)

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?

Director:

Dan Curtis

Stars:

Campbell Scott (Scotty Corrigan), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Lizzie Whitcomb), David Dukes (Everett Reagle), Estelle Parsons (Beatrice Corrigan), Daphne Ashbrook (Debra Zabriskie), Gerrit Graham (Warren Whitcomb)