Timequest story
Timequest is a 2000 science-fiction film directed by Robert Dyke and starring Victor Slezak as John F. Kennedy and Caprice Benedetti as Jacqueline Kennedy. Synopsis: A man travels back in time to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
14 total · 6 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alternate history | major | The film explores what might have been had President John F. Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. |
| husband and wife | major | The story explores how John and Jackie Kennedy's relationship might have developed had he not been assassinated in 1963. |
| political assassination | major | The assassination of President John F. Kennedy, or in this case the his escaping assassination, is central to the plot. |
| time traveler meddling in history | major | The plot centers on a mysterious time traveler going back to 1963 to prevent President John F. Kennedy from being assassinated. |
| what if I met an historical figure | major | The mysterious time traveler much admired Jackie Kennedy, and was also somewhat impressed with her husband John F. Kennedy. |
| what if I met my distant descendant | major | The grand revelation of the story was that the mysterious time traveler who went back to warn John and Jackie Kennedy of John's impending assassination was none other than their own son. |
| colonization of the Moon | minor | The viewer learns that upon dying of natural causes at the age of 83, John F. Kennedy was laid to rest on the lunar colony that he'd made possible. |
| conspiracy theory | minor | A controversial filmmaker claimed that the Kennedy family nefariously conspired to keep Zapruder film of John F. Kennedy's assassination secret. |
| destiny | minor | Jackie Kennedy spoke of how it was supposed to have been her destiny that she lost her husband on the day of November 22, 1963. |
| extramarital affair | minor | There was talk of John F. Kennedy's "constant affairs", and he was depicted with a blond woman who resembled Marylin Monroe. |