Factual error: When Henry travels back to when his mother is still alive and is riding the el train with her, when he gets off the train downtown there are color coded signs on the platform. Specifically, a brown and purple sign indicating that those color trains stop on that side of the platform. This scene took place sometime in the 1970s since his mother was still alive, but el trains were not color coded until 1993.
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Ron Livingston, Michelle Nolden
Some time after his daughter Alba's 5th birthday, Henry (Eric Bana) at age 43, spends time with his wife Clare (Rachel McAdams) and his friends one last time and says good-bye, knowing that he's going to die soon. Alba told him that he would die after her 5th birthday when he traveled to the future (and Alba was 10 years old). After saying goodbye, Henry once again travels to the forest near Clare's childhood home and he's accidentally shot by a hunter; he then travels back to his home where his wife and friends are and dies. In the future, when his daughter Alba is 9 years old, Henry (at age 38) travels to Clare's childhood home once again and he's greeted by Alba. Clare and Henry embrace one another and say good-bye before Henry travels again. Clare and Alba stand near the forest with Henry's clothes, happy to have seen him again, and waiting for the next time he arrives...
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Answer: He's really dead. But while he was alive, he time-traveled far into the future and saw Clare and Alba. His "individual timeline" is scattered, out of chronological order, all over the "real timeline, " so he can appear in the "future" as a younger (or, in this case, living) person.