Somewhere in time [videorecording] / Universal ; a Rastar/Stephen Deutsch production ; a Jeannot Szwarc film ; screenplay, Richard Matheson ; producer, Stephen Deutsch ; director, Jeannot Szwarc.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 20911 | UniversalLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Home Video, c2000.Edition: Collector's edDescription: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 078324438X
- 9780783244389
- Somewhere in time (Motion picture).
- Music, John Barry ; director of photography, Isidore Mankofsky ; editor, Jeff Gourson.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
Based on the novel Bid time return by Richard Matheson.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1980.
Secial features: documentary Back to Somewhere in Time ; director's commentary ; the Somewhere in Time Fan Club ; production photographs ; theatrical trailer ; cast and filmmakers.
Music, John Barry ; director of photography, Isidore Mankofsky ; editor, Jeff Gourson.
Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright.
A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0 mono., widescreen.
English or French dialogue, with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.