Somewhere in Time

Based On the book by Richard Matheson

Somewhere in Time is a 1980 American romantic fantasy drama film from Universal Pictures, directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer. It is a film adaptation of the novel Bid Time Return (1975) by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the screenplay. Reeve plays Richard Collier, a playwright who becomes obsessed with the photograph of a young woman at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Through self-hypnosis, he transports himself back in time to the year 1912 to find love with actress Elise McKenna (Seymour); Elise's character is based on the actress Maude Adams.

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Release date:

1980

Director:

Jeannot Szwarc

Cast:

Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin

Genre:

Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Drama, Time-travel

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1980 in adaptations