Somewhere in Time [Blu-ray]

Director: Jeannot Szwarc Jeannot Szwarc

Overview

A playwright sees a portrait from the turn of the century, and becomes convinced that he and the woman were lovers in a previous life. This romantic fantasy, which follows the writer's quest to recover memories of his former love, was inspired by Jack Finney's novel Time and Again.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/07/2019
UPC:	0191329100196
Original Release:	1980
Rating:	PG
Source:	Universal Studios
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	11,189

Special Features

Back to Somewhere in Time Documentary; Feature Commentary with Director Jeannot Szwarc; The Somewhere In Time Fan Club; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Christopher Reeve	Richard Collier
Jane Seymour	Elise McKenna
Christopher Plummer	William Fawcett Robinson
Teresa Wright	Laura Roberts
Bill Erwin	Arthur
George Voskovec	Dr. Gerald Finney
Susan French	Older Elise
John Alvin	Arthur's Father
Eddra Gale	Genevieve
Sean Hayden	Young Arthur
Audrey Bennett	Shelley
Richard Matheson	Astonished Man,Student
William H. Macy	Critic
Laurence Coven	Second Critic
Susan Bugg	Penelope
Christy Michaels	Beverly,Maude
George Wendt	Second Student
Steve Boomer	Hippie
Patrick Billingsley	Professor,Professor
Ted Liss	Agent
Francis X. Keefe	Desk Clerk Grand Hotel, in 1972
Taylor Williams	Maitre d'
Noreen Walker	Librarian
Evans Ghiselli	Coin Shop Operator
Bruce Jarchow	Bones
David Hull	Hotel Manager
Ed Meekin	Fisher
Audrie Neenan	Maid in Play
Barbara Giovannini	Tourist in Hall of History
Don Franklin	Tourist in Hall of History
Tim Kazurinsky	Photographer
Bob Swan	Stagehand with Note
Michael Woods	Dinner Guest
William P. O'Hagen	Rollo
Maud Strand	Marie
Bo Clausen	Man in Elevator, in 1912
James P. Dunnigan	Second Man in Elevator, in 1912
Hal Frank	Stage Manager, in 1912
Hayden Jones	Man with Stage Manager, in 1912
Val Bettin	Director, in 1912
Paul Cook	Doctor
John Barry	Composer

Technical Credits

Richard Matheson

Jeannot Szwarc	Director
Stephen Deutsch	Producer
Jack Faggard	Special Effects
Richard Matheson	Screenwriter
Roger Heman	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

A defiantly old-fashioned romantic drama tinged with fantasy, Somewhere in Time has acquired a cult following in the two decades since its theatrical release, and is among the few non-Superman movies for which Christopher Reeve's work is remembered. Based on a little-known novel by Richard Matheson, this modest film directed by Jeannot Szwarc (Jaws 2) reinforces the dreamy notion that true love transcends time and place. Reeve plays an inexplicably sad Chicago playwright who, upon seeing a 1912 photo of a famous actress (Jane Seymour at her most luminous), believes he's met her before. Transported some seven decades into the past through the power of his will, he encounters the woman and begins a passionate affair with her. Obviously mindful of Hollywood's classic period romances, Szwarc re-creates the early 20th century with painstaking care, capturing the pictorial beauty of Michigan's Mackinac Island with diffused lighting and warm colors. Reeve and Seymour make such a beautiful couple that even the bittersweet conclusion of their relationship won't dampen viewer enthusiasm.