The Man Who Saw Tomorrow - Hosted By Orsen Wells 1981

Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: January 1981 (USA) See more »
Runtime: 90 min
Sound Mix: Mono
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Format: VHS

Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King Louis XVI, the rise of Napoleon, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? And are there prophecies that have yet to come true?

The brutal assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy. The rise and fall of Napoleon. Love-stricken Edward VIH's abdication of the throne. Franco's ascent in Spain. A German tyrant identified incredibly as Hister and his reign of terror. Khomeini's coming to power in Iran...and Qaddafi in Libya. We know these events through the pages of history and the news media of our time.
But one man knew of them centuries in advance! He knew too about our future, writing prophecies that might someday be transformed into such dark tabloid banners as: 1988 - GIANT CATACLYSM ROCKS MAJOR CITY! or 1998 - WORLD WAR III ERUPTS! or even ULTIMATE FATE OF THE WORLD REVEALED!
Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmaker David Wolper heads a production team that combines live action, feature-film excerpts, newsreel footage and interviews with authorities to create The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, a fascinating examination of the life and prophecies of 16th-century physician and Medici court seer Michel de Nostradamus. Paced by Orson Wells' riveting narration, this giant jigsaw puzzle of a film takes you from events that occurred as Nostradamus had predicted centuries earlier, to his terrifying prophecies for our time...and to the promise of an unparalleled era of peace.
Are Nostradamus's predictions a hoax? Or, since scholars say that half of his 1,000 prophecies have not yet come to pass, are they a warning to us? There are certainly many different ways to interpret his writings so, as with all things mysterious, you'll have to come to your own conclusions.
Share today with The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. And especially whether you're a skeptic or a true believer, a fan of the mysterious or a film fan don't miss the nail-biting dramatization of that cataclysmic day that mankind hopes will never occur. You don't have to know the future to perceive the potential terror.