Across the Sea of Time is a 1995 English-language Adventure Drama movie written by Andrew Gellis and directed by Stephen Low and produced by Stephen Low under the banner of Sony New Technologies. A young Russian boy, Thomas Minton, travels to New York as a passenger on a Russian freighter. Close.. Across the sea of time features Peter Reznick, John Mcdonough, Avi Hoffman, Victor Steinbach, Peter Boyden, Philip Levy and Tommy Roeder. The music was composed by John Barry. Cinematography was done by Andrew Kitzanuk and editing by James Lahti. The film has a running time of 52 minutes. It was released on 20th October 1995 in English and Russian languages. The film made a box office gross of $16 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Columbia Pictures.