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Somewhere in Time
(1980),
Director: Jeannot Szwarc, rated PG
Someday in the
past he will find her...
  Starring:
Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa
Wright, Bill Erwin, George Voskovec, Susan French, William H.
Macy
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
"Do you actually believe
that I have nurtured her, cared for her, molded, taught,
developed her,
for all these years merely to groom a wife?!" –
William Robinson
Why watch this?
... it's the first romance I actually liked. Now, I cry every
time I see it.
Plot Summary:
A playwright named Richard Collier who becomes infatuated with a
photograph of a beautiful actress named Elise McKenna, taken in
1912. Driven by an intense desire to meet her, he uses
self-hypnosis to travel back in time to the Grand Hotel on
Mackinac Island, Michigan. There, he encounters Elise, but her
strict manager seeks to prevent any potential romance, fearing
it could damage her career.
Dad's Preview:
This romance film stands out because of its creative premise: a man
becomes infatuated with an old photo of a beautiful actress from
1912.
Using hypnosis, he travels back in time to meet her. Once he
returns, can he return and reconnect with his
long, lost love? Is this only in his mind? There's incredible chemistry between Seymour
and Reeve, and the film's musical score is hauntingly memorable.
Rastar; Universal
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