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has a very beautiful sister.

I thought this Saturday we could...

go out the four of us.

Thanks Joe.

No thanks.

Could we see the man better?

Scott, look, I know

it has been hard for you.

I know it's true. But life

has to start again.

I want to focus on the

handgun.

Listen, thank you for what you

are trying to do...

but I'm happy as I am.

I want to focus on the revolver.

Of course, there it is.

Listen, Scott, when we're young

we think this is the...

only reason for living.

It is time to seek a psychiatrist

I think I've been had.

It looks like a...

A 357.

It is exactly that.

A 357 Magnum circa 1980.

No, it can't be.

It's impossible, Scott.

It's not impossible. See the shape

of the canon.

And see how the cylinder looks.

- Well, maybe, but...

- Maybe nothing

It's a 357 Magnum.

A modern weapon.

Can you make me some

copies, please?

There's something wrong here, John.

I think I've been had.

If you've been had,

what about my spurs?

The photo is marked as 1886.

And I'd say it's authentic.

No possibility of an error?

Scott, you asked me for a

thorough examination.

I did all the tests.

Chemical evidence, spectroscopic.

This photograph is at

least 100 years old.

There is no doubt.

What is your problem?

Look at the revolver

in his hands.

Yes.

Suppose I tell you

that the pistol is a...

357 Magnum revolver.

Made in 1980.

Scott you could tell me that it is

a watering can...

and I wouldn't know the difference.

But what I do know is that this picture

is at least 100 years old.

TIME TRAVEL ?

THEORY OR POSSIBILITY

Many scientists,

this last century...

including Einstein,

have provided us with data...

indicating that someday time...

might be manipulated.

We've explored the

possibility of an advancement ...

in weaponry in 1886

remaining undetected and unexploited.

But we discounted that

as an impossibility.

I promised you that today

we would have a departure.

I think the way I planned it was

that we would have a mystery...

in history

Now,

Definitely a mystery in history.

Next time I give a history class.

remind me not to do it

in a physics building.

You all have those

folders before you...

containing my thesis.

Are there any comments?

Any questions?

Should I interpret this

as an awed silence?

OK, professor.

You're joking, right?

I mean you've got to be joking.

- No.

- Time Travel?

What is this? Like April fool's day?

Very funny, Frank.

Are there any serious questions?

Yes. Can you take me back

to last Saturday night?

Please don't.

You're going somewhere,

Mr. Esterman?

Professor, with all due respect.

The hour is up.

It was heavy enough

reading the notes...

without contnuing analysing...

I have other classes to be thinking.

I would have thought

you'd be more receptive.

Receptive to logic, professor.

Fine, that's it for today.

Today, professor,

or tomorrow?

- Or yesterday?

- Or last year?

That's very funny.

It's a pity you get...

no notes for cynicism.

A TIME TRAVELLER IN 1886?

DR. SCOTT MCKENZIE.

Perhaps I should knock.

Who are you?

My name is Georgia,

Georgia Crawford.

How can I help you?

I have come a long way

to see you, professor.

I read your report, your thesis.

You and I are doing research

along the same lines.

Don't tell me.

You gonna draw on me??

Of course not.

I would like to see the phioto, please.

What photo?

The one you showed

the jesters in class.

Why do you want to see it?

I am a person who shares

your obsession...

on the old west.

Your thesis fascinates me.

I need to use your instincts...

to balance mine.

Professor Mckenzie,

I believe you.

- You are from the east, right?

- What?

I know a little bit about accents.

Yiou're from the east, right?

Right, yes. Right.

The east.

Did you run all the tests?

Spectroscopy...

Alignment of particles.

Fibre examination, all of it.

A waste of time.

How is that?

Well, the picture is

obviously authentic.

Look at the shadows.

What about them?

Look. A current camera

always flashes...

next to the lens.

But at that time...

The held the flash on top.

Which shortened the shadows.

See?

Hadn't you realised?

Of course I realised,

Miss Crawford.

I have this photo memorised.

The shadow has obviously

been shortened.

Great. We think alike.

You bet.

Do you know where the photo was taken?

Not yet.

This is our next step.

Miss Crawford,

do you have any idea...

how many towns in the old west...

grew and disappeared out of nowhere?

Yes, I know.

But what can you tell me

about the town in this photo?

Well, it was important.

There was a photographer...

and also a newspaper.

Which means...

that it was something

more than a simple town.

Very impressive, professor.

No wonder you were considered...

the most important expert.

Were?

Well, they'll say that,

don't you think?

Now, these mountains should

not have changed.

If we could align this photo with the real mountains......

This is ridiculous, it

could take months.

Time is relative, professor.

You should know that.

Do you have a room

where I could change?

We should make a start.

- Take your pick.

- Much obliged.

Little Jack,

Little Jack.

I want to also.

What do you say?

I say you won't get anything.

You say no damn thing.

I said nobody was to leave camp.

We're not part of your band.

You get paid to do

whatever you're told.

We got to wash too, no?

What you have to do

is rob a stagecoach.

and we have to be ready

for when it arrives.

Oh, Bart. It won't arrive until...

It will arrive when it arrives.

Maybe before.

And here you are playing in

the river like a bunch of idiots.

Out of the water, let's go!

The Pulmari river, but

known as the old rattler

before, an important stop for travellers...

and famous hideout for

bandits and outlaws.

Why are we stopping?

Because I'm tired.

I've been through here

dozens of times...

and say it's a waste of time.

That's all right. No need

to enter defense mode.

I'm not in a defense mode.

Whatever that means.

All right. Suppose that

we do find the town.

What will it prove a hundred

years after the facts.

I cannot believe a great historian...

can doubt the validity of

the first verifiable step.

Right. What is the next town?

- Crossfire.

- Ah, yes.

They tried to restore this

town two years ago.

And I know that the only

thing they accomplished...

was a failed trap for tourists.

We have to see it.

It won't take long.

I'll put a little music.

That's the ashtray.

People used to come

here with their family.

Professor, I think we have solmething.

This is it. Crossfire!

Put it there, partrner.

I don't know whether you're

clever or just plain lucky.

Both.

Yes. It happened here in 1886.

Right. Let's separate

and see what we find.

I'll go down this end of town

and you go that way.

Right.

I guess I should congratulate

you on your determination...

TRAVEL:

JULY 1ST 1886

Where the hell did you come from?

I was right here, sir.

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