Editing Time After Time (1979 film) (section)

==Production==
According to Meyer from the commentary track for the DVD and Blu-ray release of the film, the author of the novel presented Meyer with 55 pages of his unpublished novel and asked Meyer to critique his work. Meyer liked the premise and immediately optioned the story so he could write a screenplay based on the material and develop the story his own way.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=[[Nicholas Meyer]] |year=2002 | title=''Time After Time'' audio commentary |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Warner Home Video]]}}</ref>

McDowell was attracted to the material because he was looking for something different from the sex and violence in ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'', in which he played [[Caligula|the title character]].<ref name="MalcolmDVD">{{cite AV media |people=[[Malcolm McDowell]] |year=2002 |title=''Time After Time'' audio commentary |medium=DVD |publisher=Warner Home Video}}</ref>

While preparing to portray Wells, McDowell obtained a copy of a 78 rpm recording of Wells speaking. McDowell was "absolutely horrified" to hear that Wells spoke in a high-pitched, squeaky voice with a pronounced [[East End of London|Southeast London]] accent, which McDowell felt would have resulted in unintentional humor if he tried to mimic it for the film. McDowell abandoned any attempt to recreate Wells's authentic speaking style and preferred a more "dignified" style.<ref name="MalcolmDVD"/>

According to David Warner, the studio wanted [[Mick Jagger]] for the role of John Leslie Stevenson but director Nicholas Meyer and producer Herb Jaffe fought for Warner to get the role.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/david-warner-on-twin-peaks-tron-titanic-time-bandits-1798265384 |title=David Warner on Twin Peaks, Tron, Titanic, Time Bandits, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II |last=Harris |first=Will |date=2017-07-26 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=2017-11-05}}</ref>

It was one of the last films scored by veteran composer [[Miklós Rózsa]], who received the 1979 [[Saturn Award for Best Music]].

''Time After Time'' was filmed throughout San Francisco, including [[Cow Hollow, San Francisco|Cow Hollow]], [[North Beach, San Francisco, California|North Beach]], the [[Hyatt Regency San Francisco|Hyatt Regency]] hotel, [[Westin Bonaventure Hotel]], [[California Academy of Sciences]] in [[Golden Gate Park]], the [[Marina District, San Francisco, California|Marina District]], [[Ghirardelli Square]], [[Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California|Fisherman's Wharf]], the [[Richmond District, San Francisco, California|Richmond District]], the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], [[Grace Cathedral, San Francisco|Grace Cathedral]] on [[Nob Hill, San Francisco, California|Nob Hill]], the [[Embarcadero Center]], [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]], the [[Marina Green]], the [[Palace of Fine Arts]], [[Potrero Hill, San Francisco, California|Potrero Hill]], [[John McLaren Park]], and the [[Civic Center, San Francisco, California|Civic Center]].