Somewhere In Time

"People like us, who believe in physics,

 know that the distinction

 between past, present, and future

 is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." 

- Albert Einstein

1912 Elgin Pocket Watch

 This is a tribute to one of my all time favorite movies,
"Somewhere In Time"

I decided that  I will only reveal certain details of 

this hauntingly beautiful love story in case someone
reading this post has not seen the movie yet.

Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) is a modern day

playwright who falls in love with the photograph

of a beautiful Edwardian-era stage actress,

 Elise McKenna, (Jane Seymour).

Richard willingly forsakes his life in the present
to travel back 70 years in time to find her.

Based on the science-fiction novel, "Bid Time Return"
 by American novelist and screenwriter, Richard Matheson,
 "Somewhere In Time" was filmed on location at the
 romantic Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island, Michigan.
Matheson makes a cameo appearance in the movie
as one of the hotel guests.

 The Grand Hotel

Mackinaw Island, Michigan

Matheson's Muse

 

American stage actress
Maude Adams
(1872-1953)

While on a trip with his family, Richard Matheson
visited Piper's Opera House in Virginia City, Nevada
where he claimed to have "creatively fell in love" with the 
 beautiful face of turn-of the century American stage 
 actress Maude Adams, after viewing her photograph.

Ms. Adams became his inspiration for the female
character in "Bid Time Return" and later for
Elise McKenna in "Somewhere In Time".

Although the film received mixed reviews when
it was released in 1980, this wonderful fantasy of
love transcending through the portals of time
is now an international cult classic.

 Released in Hong Kong in 1984,

"Somewhere In Time" 

was a smashing success!

"Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini"
From the original motion picture soundtrack
of "Somewhere In Time"
John Barry
(1980)

"O call back yesterday, bid time return."
-William Shakespeare