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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.
Bid Time Return is a 1975 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson. It concerns a man from the 1970s who travels back in time to court a 19th-century stage actress whose photograph has captivated him. In 1980, it was made into the film Somewhere in Time, the title of which was used for subsequent editions of the book.
Though a film of this novel has never been made, a 1980 film, Somewhere in Time features a similar time travel technique. Based on the 1975 Richard Matheson novel Bid Time Return, the film concerns a young man, Richard Collier, unhappy with his life as a playwright, who travels back in time through self-hypnosis, coached by his former college professor, one "Dr. Gerard Finney".
"Somewhere in Time" (1980) redefined the impact that a slow-moving romance and time travel tale could have. Much of this romantic movie was filmed in and around the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, ...
The French filmmaker, who was also known for directing the 1980’s romance Somewhere in Time and 1984’s action film Supergirl, died on Tuesday, Jan. 14, according to The Hollywood Reporter. His ...
The 1970s and 1980s witness Szwarc oscillate between feature and television films and series. His feature films include Bug (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), Somewhere in Time (1980), Supergirl (1984) Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) and Honor Bound .
Bid Time Return (1975); filmed as Somewhere in Time (1980) and subsequently reprinted under that title; What Dreams May Come (1978); filmed as What Dreams May Come (1998) Earthbound (Playboy Publications, 1982), as by Logan Swanson [1] – editorially abridged version; restored text published as by Richard Matheson, UK: Robinson Books, 1989
A storm at sea transports a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier through a time portal back in time from the 1980s to 1941. 1980 Somewhere in Time: Jeannot Szwarc: A man is captivated by an old picture of a beautiful actress who he feels is connected to him somehow. Through self-hypnosis he returns to the past and the love of his life. [17]