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?
Campbell Scott
Jennifer Jason Leigh
David Dukes
Estelle Parsons
Daphne Ashbrook
Gerrit Graham
Kali Rocha
Laurie Kennedy
Irma P. Hall
Myra Carter
Richard Woods
Edgar Smith
Cara Stoner
George Gaffney
Tom Riis Farrell
Mark Joy
Linda Powell
Sandra Martin Hudgins
Sam Wells
Paul D'Elia
Raymond H. Johnson
Dick Cheatham
Timothy J. Crowe
Cal Johnson
Michael Ruff