Somewhere in Time (1980)
- Starring:
- Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Christopher Reeve got away from Superman and related costume roles in this dramatic fantasy film, adapted from Richard Matheson's 1960s vintage novel Bid Time Return. A young playwright, Richard Collier (Reeve), is approached by an elderly woman on the occasion of his first triumph in 1972 -- all she says to him is "Come back to me" and leaves him with a watch that contains a picture of a ravishing young woman. Eight years later, he visits the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and comes upon a photograph of the same woman, whom he discovers was an actress who made an appearance at the hotel in 1912. He becomes obsessed with the image and what the woman -- who died the night she approached him in 1972 -- meant by what she said. In a manner somewhat reminiscent of the film Laura, he falls in love with her and her image as he learns more about her life and career. Then he comes upon the suggestion of a professor at his former college that time travel may, in fact, be possible, using an extreme form of self-hypnosis to free the person from the place they occupy in the time-stream. Collier's feelings for the woman are so strong that he succeeds, bringing himself back to the hotel in 1912 on the eve of her triumph. He meets the actress, Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour), and the two fall in love despite the machinations of her obsessive, autocratic manager (Christopher Plummer), who feels threatened by Collier's presence. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 104 mins
Complete Cast:
- Christopher Reeve - Richard Collier
- Christopher Plummer - William Fawcett Robinson
- Bill Erwin - Arthur
- Sean Hayden - Young Arthur
- John Alvin - Arthur's Father
- Richard Matheson - Astonished Man
- Bob Swan - Stagehand with Note
- David Hull - Hotel Manager
- Tim Kazurinsky - Photographer
- Taylor Williams - Maitre D'
- William H. Macy - Critic
- Bruce Jarchow - Bones
- Laurence Coven - Critic
- Val Bettin - Director
- Michael Woods - Dinner Guest
- Audrie Neenan - Maid in Play
- Jane Seymour - Elise McKenna
- Teresa Wright - Laura Roberts
- George Voskovec - Dr. Gerald Finney
- Susan French - Older Elise
- Eddra Gale - Genevieve
- Patrick Billingsley - Professor
- William P. O'Hagan - Rollo
- Ed Meekin - Fisher
- Susan Bugg - Penelope
- Audrey Bennett - Richard's Date
- Paul Cook - Doctor
- Ted Liss - Agent
- Hal Frank - Stage Manager
- Don Franklin - Tourist in Hall of History
- George Wendt - Student
- Director(s):
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Writer(s):
- Richard Matheson
- Producer(s):
- Stephen Deutsch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance
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