GCS 007: "Somewhere In Time" by Jeannot Szwarc

Today I bring you a real classic, starring two amazing actors: Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour in the amazing love story:

Somewhere in time (1980) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081534/

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s, Elise McKenna. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, he manages, by self hypnosis, to travel back in time where he meets her. They fall in love, a matching that is not appreciated by her manager. Can their love outlast the immense problems caused by their "time" difference? And can Richard remain in a time that is not his?

Funny mentions:

• Automobiles are not allowed on Mackinac Island, Michigan, location of the Grand Hotel and site of much of the movie. The use of cars for the movie required special permission from the town. Although cars were allowed for filming, the cast and crew weren't allowed to drive them outside of actual filming for the movie.

• This isWilliam H. Macy's first film.

• While Christopher Reeve was filming this movie, the local theater decided to show his latest hit Superman. Many of the "Somewhere" cast joined the locals for the event. Early into the screening, the sound went out. Reeve, who was seated next to Jane Seymour, stood up in the audience and delivered all the lines.  

And here is an amazing scene from this wonderful movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQOrPxe6y7E

See you in GCS 008!