Starring: Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour

The Story:
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.

Favorite line from the movie:
Elise McKenna: The man of my dreams has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? “Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognise you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way that I can tell you how my life has changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say. I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you”. Such would I say to him if he were really here.

I’ve loved Somewhere in Time since I was a kid. I just love the story and used to imagine how that part of time actually never ends because it’ll keep repeating over and over and over again. LOL! And I love everything about the movie, the actors, the old dresses, the soundtrack, the music box, even the pocket watch. I remember, my Tito knew how much I loved the movie and he bought me a smaller pocket watch which can be used as a pendant when he went to London one time. Unfortunately, it got broken but he bought me a new one again. I really loved that watch. Also, this movie made me wonder if we could really travel back in time. Would it be amazing if we could do that? But I’m pretty sure it would be chaotic. The movie is a classic and the soundtrack is surely not to be missed also. I remember I owned the movie in betamax tape, in vhs tape, and in vcd format. I haven’t bought a dvd of the movie yet but I will one of these days.

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