When I saw the portrait of Elise being photographed & the look on her face as she sees Richard & realize that moment was captured just for him (in the Hall of History), I got chills & it took my breath away! Great direction! Great acting! Great filming! Few films have touched me like this!
The photo scene with her smile, rivals the Mona Lisa. The "what would I say to him" speech rivals Shakespeare. How can you combine romance and science fiction so beautifully, so seamlessly? You can when it's one of the greatest love stories ever told on film. So heartening when you find out that everyone involved with this masterpiece felt that. Jane Seymore and Christopher Reeve should be so proud of their work, their transcendent charisma trumps box office, oscars, and critics opinion. The jury is out, "Somewhere" is timeless.
Everything about this film has captivated my soul. I’ve watched it countless times and each time I find something else to love about it. This film is a treasure.
He and I had many a conversations in a shop I managed with my wife at the time. He liked people who were real not fake. His wife Elaine also a great Lady. The only actor in the movie Mr. Plummer I called him he was the only class act. The other two I won't bother to mention.
I was just a kid when this hit the screen and have always wanted to go back in time... and STAY, since I saw it . Amazing what a good film can do to you. To me, Jane Seymour will always be Elise McKenna.
It is the smile the girl has in the photograph the thing that makes it special. She smiles as if saying to her onlooker: "Come I am waiting for You". Very nice to see and reflect.
i love this movie so so much, even till today, when i hear the music i cry, and Jane Seymour in that portrait, perhaps one of the most beautifully captured portraits ever and of course, she is such an incredible beauty.
I remember, years ago, flipping through the cable channels looking for something...anything to watch. I came across this movie. I didn't catch the beginning...but I watched the movie till the end. When Christopher's character Richard dies, I turned off the TV and stood up to go to my room. My Mom asked me, "What's wrong?" I said, "Nothing." I went down the hallway, into my room, shut the door, threw myself on the bed and proceeded to cry my eyes out...saying over and over while sobbing "Christopher Reeve is dead..Christopher Reeve is dead!!" I was a teenager...silly and dumb. Getting upset over a movie. But...I was madly in love with Christopher Reeve. I remember watching the movie Superman IV: The Quest For Peace over and over again...probably 8 or 9 times...in a row...in the same day. I mean I loved Christopher Reeve. My Mom asked me, "How many times are you going to watch that movie?" I said, "I don't know...I just love the movie". Then in 2004 Christopher Reeve did die. Oh God, I was absolutely heartbroken. I didn't want to believe it. I kept saying, "If only he had not been on that horse, he would still be alive and walking". It took me years to get up the nerve to watch this movie. The music is just so haunting and beautiful. I cry every time I hear it. Sorry for my "book". I Love You Christopher Reeve. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
This movie reaches into our being and soul to a place we didn't even know we had. Perhaps you will someday get to meet Christopher, 'Somewhere In Time.' I hope so.
My wedding music was based on the movie. I looked somewhere in time for my soul mate, I've found her and on Feb 14, 2016 it has been 28 years, and honestly its like i married her yesterday. I'm so grateful my somewhere in time is now, I love you Linda i always will.
A very dear family friend asked me and my daughter to play 30 minutes of flute and piano music while guests were being seated. She loved the Somewhere in Time themes so I arranged them for when the mothers were being seated. They were so appreciative and it’s a wonderful memory.
You could overcome just about everything in life. But time is the one true obstacle that leaves you with an overwhelming emptiness inside felt my nothing else.
Maybe so, but at the same time, it's that fact that gives the whole phenomenon it's essence and beauty. It cannot be touched by anything because it is a matter of subjective thought in every self-aware soul that ever came to be in this world.
I agree. Most of us, since we were young, have always held the dream of a person we'd face eternity with. Love is too small a word to describe the connectivity on a soul level. Those who have experienced a relation, no matter how brief, where the concept of time did not exist, know of whereof I speak. Reality seems to blur in the presence of that person with a union so intense. It gives me hope that such profound bonds cannot be dissolved by physical death.
Wowww,.. For the lowest time; I thought that I was the only Male, who had been SOOO affected by this movie,.. the song, the story, the cast, the book and the love that Somewhere in Time reflected! LOVE Somewhere in Time,.. Always have!
I love this movie. Movie and soundtrack gives me a heartache, a longing for true human love, and a longing for intimacy with God. The music "speaks" of love, of the hearts longing, of human intimacy and of course the greatest intimacy one can have is love of God.
It's easy to see and understand how someone could be captivated .. even fall in love with an image of someone from the past. And wish they could go back in time to be with that person. (I must confess I became smitten with a photograph of a man who lived decades before I was born, and wished he lived in my time so I could find him)
What chance are you referring to? Millions have been able to watch it. It's available to anyone who wants it. It has a devoted following, including a web site and Facebook pages. It didn't win awards from Hollywood, but who cares what they think?
@@robertromero8692 Exactly well put this movie definitely touched alot of ppl and Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve were so Proud ppl love it Blessings to them and peace to an Amazing Actor and Man ✌️🍀♥️💚🙏🙌♥️💚
The concept of being infatuated with a dead woman's portrait, to going back in time, and then falling in love with the actual person, who, when her (past) portrait is being taken, is inspired by the sudden appearance of "the man of her dreams," having come from the future, is so creative and romantic, that I want to burst!
As a kid in school I was studying the civil war and I remember finding a portrait of a young man in uniform that just...idk...it just gave my heart a jolt. I am a writer so I wrote a poem just about his photograph. It left such an impact on me and the fact that it was taken so long ago made it so strangely interesting.
@@Blue8spiral, What if you actually believed in reincarnation, and you may have had a past life with that young man in uniform, from that portrait that made you so attracted to him. Curiously, I'd love to know how your poem went and if you still took a picture to remember that man. It'd be pretty cool, if the people from our past, inspires some kind of past life memory. ^0^ Just a thought.
James Cameron apparently also thought so, when he later (After Somewhere In Time's release) made The Terminator. (Sarah Connor was thinking and speaking about the man she loved at the time she was photographed. And, John Connor later gave that picture to Kyle Reese.) The interesting thing about the book for Somewhere In Time (originally titled Bid Time Return) is that while it did have the element of Richard falling in love with Elise from the photo, there was not the element of Elise seeing Richard at the time the photo was taken.
@@angelamenne9619 Reincarnation is a (Biblical) fact. A huge amount of events that occur in our lives (including the families we are born into and the people we are most strongly attracted to) are based on past life experiences.
Several times in my life, my mind has been captured by a woman. Twice at a dance, another while we were working on a charity project and got into one of those magic conversations, as well as a few other special moments. Sadly, all of them ended up with them on their merry way and me having to dig out of the slump they put me in. I first heard this soundtrack in a book store in Denver and knew I had to have it. Each time I watch the movie, I relate so deeply to his love for this picture/woman and how it suddenly is gone, leaving that emotional emptiness that can(and has) lasted for years.
Remarkably, she is still just as vibrant and as beautiful in 2021. She's on an infomercial. I have NEVER seen anyone age so well. She has talked about what she eats, very healthy. She must also exercise.
Even if you don't like your photo taken, or your not that photogenic, its still good to have one taken from time to time, even if it's just to show you were here at some point : - )
One of the timeless classics. I urge any fan of this film to read the original novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson. A much deeper and darker tale and with a more reasonable and believable twist than the pocket watch which RM always regretted writing in the sceeenplay. When you read the novel you realise that more so that Richard Collier actually deceives Elise all along.. It is a love story but by him going back to find her he is in fact doing her to a life of loss, pain and bewilderment. A remake more closer to the novel would be fantastic with Netflix on board. Leonardo De Caprio and Amy Adams would be perfect. Pierce Brosnan as Robinson.
There is no way these two could not fall in love after doing this film. That is what I thought after viewing this movie countless times because it is my most favorite movie of all. Found out that was true.
To a wonderful actor christopher who had a very sad life. You were amazing in this movie. Somewhere in time reminds people of the things they have lost, but have never forgotten .
This is a fabulous film! Truly, one of my all time FAVORITES! This photo scene is very memorable. The music, scenery, acting, costuming, etc... if all fantastic! I vacationed in Mackinac Island before seeing this film. That hotel is fabulous! The Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island - truly a MUST SEE! Love the fudge shops in the small town of Mackinac Island. This was one of my most memorable vacations - and I was probably in Junior High School when we visited this place! It is very enchanting! Loved it!
@ Linda Adams - There was a story behind that scene during the shooting (I saw it on IMDB a few years ago). Christopher Reeve was in the audience during that monologue. He was so shook up by her performance that he had to fly home to his wife to be with her (he had his plane on the island at the time)
@@vlugovsky From the IMDB: "There were problems with the original footage of Elise performing on stage, so the scenes of her had to be re-shot. The second time around, Jane Seymour delivered the speech to the author and screenwriter Richard Matheson instead of Christopher Reeve. Matheson was supposedly so moved and upset by the experience, he had to call his wife and return home immediately."
@@robertromero8692 The problem with your story is that Matheson was not in love with her. Chris was. Chris was so moved he had to fly home in his plane (remember, no cars allowed) to convince himself that he still loved his wife.
A magical moment . The cameraman captured the precise moment when Richard Collier who played by the late Christopher Reeves to see such a deadly gorgeous female in that particular photograph. By comparison, are we able to repeat the same kind of action and meet that special someone who happens to be the love of our life.
Interestingly despite the budget despite the fact it got on tv after the studio strike it is a timeless classic and one of the most talked about movies especially to those who love this movie like myself. John Barry had lost one of his parents and managed to come up with this score not long after their deaths, the music is so much the film too ! Simply inspirational
First saw this film as a child and answered so many questions about how I felt, why I felt the way I did, felt someone was missing and finally understanding that feeling and giving it some meaning. I still think while watching this film 'I know how you feel, yes that is familiar etc. I still say now (aged 48) that my one true love was in a different time and we have yet to be reunited (if we ever will) in this time
That photo of Jane & the way it was done was so sweet. She was stunning in the picture, a very classy lady. One of the few of the twentieth century. The whole casting was excellent!! Love the movie!
What the director didn't tell everyone was that this movie was done on a very minimal budget where the actors only received a base rate for their performances. That was the only way it made it to the screen and it has become somewhat of a cult classic.
An eerie coincidence: In the late 1940s, Richard Matheson was a journalism student at The University of Missouri. At the exact same time, the elderly Maude Adams was teaching drama at Stephens College. So, for several years, the two of them were literally within short walking distance of each other, but there's no evidence Matheson ever knowingly met her or knew who she was. Only 20 years later when he saw that picture of her, and became aware of who she was, did the genesis of this story happen. Matheson apparently worked this coincidence into the novel, having the character Richard remember crossing paths with an elderly Elise McKenna when he was a college student (and her apparently recognizing him). This became transformed into the famous opening scene of the movie, where the elderly Elise meets Richard and gives him the pocketwatch.
As a 12 year old, I remember seeing the Poster at the Movie Theatre when we would drive by. I saw the movie on HBO back then and never really saw it again until just recently. I feel strangely attached to this movie as if someone is trying to tell me something. Being deeply Spritual, I have come across much literature which points to Thoughts being able to be Manifested. Another great movie along the same lines, though it is not Romantic, is Dream a Little Dream with the 2 Corey’s. Basically, the message is clear. Be careful what you ask or think for cause you may just get it. As a 53 Year Old Man, Being on my 1ST Marriage still, I know that I don’t feel about my wife what Elise feels towards Richard. I have seen a few Women that I have felt this about. Pretty much one for every decade of my Existence. I have just been obligated to my Spouse as the Vows Say. I like many made the decision to marry based on my weakness as a person. Anyhow, I believe we are Immortal Souls and Anything is possible. Even Time Travel if you so desire. It pretty much is Asto-Projection of your Spritual Energy. Either One can Master themselves and Travel Like Richard did in this Movie or you just do it when your present body has ran its course. Either way, with all being said, a person with patients can and will have all the desires they want. It might take a Lifetime or 2 but if you believe, All Is Possible.
@The Wizard of Chino Hills | Some small portions of those alternate spiritual teachings are true, but stay away from alternative spirituality and new age, it will destroy you. It mixes truth and lies - and right now, the parts you are attracted to is the truth path. (And with that, I am NOT implying any of the things you mentioned in your message above. But other things, which you did not mention.) The lies however will gradually seep into you, until they become a part of you. Then you will not want to let go, because you will not see a difference between yourself and the lies. You would have become one with them. The way it works, is by making you think you are winning, learning, advancing, bettering yourself. So that you keep going. But the reverse is actually happening. You are quietly being corrupted, in a way, that makes you like the end result, even though if I told you now, where you are going to end up, you would immediately reject it! The premise that one can manifest anything into existence, defeats the point of life on Earth. Satanism and a myriad of other false teachings, they all teach that humans should become manifestors of their own reality. The reason is to take people who are struggling in life, and feel the need to increase their self value, and promise them the world, no scratch that, the universe of possibilities, all made to serve THEM! Also, the concept of immortal souls comes directly from various false doctrines of demons. They teach it so that humans believe that there is nothing one can do to screw up their own destiny, and die permanently, by lose themselves in this world. In other words, they are selling you false sense of security with everything they say to you and that you absorb into yourself as truth. That's why reincarnation is part of every false teaching. It's like this: "Don't worry you've got forever to figure all this out, you can do whatever you want! Wink. Wink." But the real truth, which God plainly lays out for all to learn and align with is much different, and quite a bit more serious, sobering and scary: one can make choices that actually lead one to death, the total dissolution and cessation of self. The Bible calls it hell. And tradition has distorted it to mean, perpetual torture. But a careful study of the Bible says that God offers fallen humankind two choices: the free gift of life or if they reject that: death. That means that one is not immortal. The Bible plainly says that only the Creator is immortal, Him alone! And that the salvation He grants to humanity must be accepted through the right way, His way, if it is to be effective and have authority over your soul! Thus one can indeed die and perish as God teaches: both the physical body and the soul can perish, if they are unsaved by Him. *"Even Time Travel if you so desire."* Fantasies of those who have their priorities completely wrong. God does not allow beings to go anywhere and everywhere. The universe is not like the wild west, which we see in Star Trek and Star Wars. It is a holy Creation and ordered. *"It pretty much is Asto-Projection of your Spiritual Energy."* I had friends who wanted to astral project. I wanted to do it so much, about 6 years ago. Heard many stories that it actually leads to demonic possession and/or influence. One gains various capabilities and powers, but because they expose their physical body, demons come in and take it over, changing its settings, so to speak, so that they too can dwell in your body and use it for their purposes. Which you have no control over. It ranges from the subtle to the very overt. It ranges from perceived personality changes to outright psychic phenomena. *"Either One can Master themselves and Travel Like Richard did in this Movie or you just do it when your present body has ran its course."* Self-mastery of that kind is the number one priority of Satanism, occultism, new age, mysticism, gnosticism, and Eastern religions. All of it is useless and does not lead to anywhere. The more you learn, the closer you become to Satan. Not to God, and most definitely to some kind of independent self-mastery to do whatever you want - even though that is the promise. The higher up you go, the more you will answer to Satan. Even though right now, that figure may be fantasy to you. That's how it works. The full truth is not told to the lower initiates. But as they move upwards in the ungodly spiritual paths, if they reach very high, they will be in contact with several beings. Some will present themselves as masters of wisdom, ascended masters, family relatives, off-world beings, higher dimensional beings, aliens, higher self.... and a whole host of other types and names. (I've heard them all and seen their fruits.) Alternatively one may simply go right to the top and become the obedient slave of Lucifer. On the bottom levels of "self-mastery", you think it's all about yourself, and your own life, your success. But you are in truth serving the fallen "god" of this world. And as he is going to the lake of fire, so too are his followers. Unfortunately many deceived humans, who believe they have found the "ultimate truth". *"Either way, with all being said, a person with patients can and will have all the desires they want. It might take a Lifetime or 2 but if you believe, All Is Possible."* Yeah this sounds like the perfect description of the service to self path. Selfishness, self-interest, self-centeredness, narcissism, psychopathy. And as there is no more than this particular life to make a right choice - you better chose wisely. Do you chose your own wisdom or God's wisdom? Do you chose the things that come from a fallen race (humankind) or do you choose the things that come from a perfect Creator, who is above all the drama and the corruption? Do you chose between the simple salvation of Jesus Christ, or the complex path (got to earn your way up the ladder, only to find out you were not on the right path to begin with and had thus suffered terrible trauma at the hands of the darkness you had mistakenly delved into)? God does not allow fallen beings to "run around" His universe, doing whatever they want. The universe is His creation, and it is kept pure. Therefore, there are rules and laws which must be followed. And they are not found in the false teachings you are currently studying. As I was pulled out by God and made to see that all paths lead to death, except Jesus Christ, so can you. Do you value your life enough to ask the question, to admit to the possibility of having gone in the wrong direction? Think well friend. You only have one life. As God beautifully teaches us: life itself is the most precious gift of existence. It is not to be abused. Since God Himself is the giver of life, life is only to be found with Him. Nowhere else.
This is my all time favorite movie. First saw it when I was twelve. Cried my eyes out...and still do at 45. I've probably, realistically, seen this movie about 30 or so times. Oh...and my birthday just happens to be June 27th. :)
The music is by Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Truely opened my eyes for classical music. And it fits the movie perfectly because it is so melancholic and makes you think of the past. Whoever picked the music, I hope you got promoted.
Way back in my college days during the 90's when I first to watch this film from a friend's computer, I fell in love with the movie from then on...now that I cross to see from the youtube some clips of the movie and everything.. oh my! I want to watch this all over again. I hope I could see a nice copy of this undying classic love story of Richard and Elise.
I watched this movie many years ago but i can still remember the name, the actor and actress in this movie. I can't forget that photo in the movie. The story is so romantic! So glad to be able to watch it here on RUclips. Thanks for the upload. So sad that Christopher Reeves has passed on. RIP.
The photograph of Jayne Seymour used in the framed picture could not have been better chosen. In it she smiles in such a natural way she seems to be alive. I like the smile which is not overdone nor forced and which shows her beauty. But most of all what impresses me is the genious in choosing that particular picture.
This movie should be seen by all time travel funs, as its bittersweet conclusion suggests that time travel as if would be possible, -is hearth breaking, and in fact you could realize that if you feel lonely in actual time, it would be dramatized in another time the way that could jeopardize your survival both emotionally and physically. I guess this is the consequence what the playwright interprets in this lovely story.
ALL these tributes to beautiful actresses from the so called classic era fail to make a note of Jane Seymour. Certainly one of the real classic beauties from ANY film era.
When she first appeared as a Bond girl, I wasn't impressed; she was just some skinny gal with a pretty face. But over time she demonstrated her talent (and aged gracefully), and she was good with accents -- listen to her in character as Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée courted by the future King of Britain.
@The Balanced Way Thanks for taking I would surmise a substantial amount of time to reply to my comment. At the End of the Day, there is God. The Alpha and Omega, the First and The Last, The Beginning and the End. The Creator Living Manifest in his Divine Creation. All Made for his Enjoyment and Amusement. I have come to Terms with all of it and Checked my Ego by the Roadside of Life. God is Now In the Driver’s Seat. I feel Quite Fine that His Divine Power and Wisdom will take Not Just Me but anyone else who chooses to Kill their Ego where they Desire to Go. Many Blessings.
Отличный романтический фильм. И актёры замечательные! Очень жаль Кристофера Рива....😢😢😢 . А Джей Сеймур и сейчас прекрасно выглядит. Дай Бог ей здоровья!
Such an amazingly beautiful woman and a great movie with such beautiful music , everytime I watch it though I can't help but think of Christopher Reeve , it's so sad how he ended up 😞😞😞
My half-brother, when discussing this movie for the first time, made me aware, and more appreciative, of the magic of the title, versus Matheson's original title of, "Bid Time Return." The watch had no beginning! The old woman gave it to Collier, but he had left it behind, so... "Somewhere In Time."
Crazy, I've seen bits and pieces of the movie in the past 20 years, I was intrigued but didn't really want to see it. So I finally saw it because of the pandemic, binge-watched shows, but wanted to see a movie, I heard the soundtrack from somewhere and it made me stream this movie about 2 months ago and I've watched it about 5x already, researched Mackinac Island, and planning to visit. Can't believe I waited this long to watch it with my wife. She loves time travel and an island with no motor vehicles is a definite must-visit.
My wife and I vacationed at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego specifically because that was the setting of the book. Never had heard of it, and never would have known to go there without Matheson's story. Can't wait to go back again in better times. The book is even more tragic in some ways than the fiilm, which is hard to believe, I know. Haven't been to Grand Hotel yet, but it's definitely a bucket list item. Amazing that a story can do that, right? It can be so emotionally engaging that you'd like to go there.
@@voyager406 They're different, but I love both the book and the film for different reasons. There are amazing things in the movie that aren't in the book, but great stuff is in the book that isn't in the movie. With the book it IS nice to read Richard's inner thoughts about what's happening. They're both great.
Do a comparison of this snapshot with the one from: Maude Adams; the inspiration behind "Somewhere In Time", video. In that picture you can see Maude with a fan next to her face. In the above version Jane Seymour has a fan in her hand when her picture is taken.
This movie and The Love Letter with Jennifer Jason Leigh are far and away the two best movies of this genre ever filmed. I'd put this one first but The Love Letter isn't all that far behind when you remember that unlike Somewhere in Time, it was a made-for-TV movie. And both films are based on classic time travel stories, this one from a novel and The Love Letter from a short story. I've watched both countless times and they never fail to entertain.
Of course, Jack Finney wrote "The Love Letter", and as an author he's any time-travel fan's iconic writer. And in "Somewhere in Time", the character of "Professor Finney" is named in honor of him. Matheson loved Finney, which is partly why he used self-hypnosis for time-travel, just like Finney did in "Time and Again."
@@peteg475 "From Time to Time" and "Time and Again"; I've read both of my copies of these books to the point that they're worn out. In my opinion they're quite a bit better than "Bid Time Return" which "Somewhere in Time" is loosely taken from. Don't get me wrong; Richard Matheson was a master story teller, I just thought Bid Time was a bit too dark.
@@peteg475 I didn't say tragic, it of course was meant to be tragic, the ending of the movie is as well. I just found it a bit too dark in the story telling and what the main character was going through, just an opinion. I agree on your second point, "Time and Again" was the superior story but both are still head and shoulders above other entries in the genre.
@@Gamble661 To each his own. Yeah, it's tough to write something that doesn't come off as dark when your main character has terminal brain cancer. Though I must say it was pretty exciting to go to the Coronado and get to sit on those ornate chairs he mentions in the book. They're still there, if you can believe it.
This movie is so special in many ways, finding that one true love; the actors, the time it was filmed in,MacInac Island, just a magical experiance for all.
When I saw the portrait of Elise being photographed & the look on her face as she sees Richard & realize that moment was captured just for him (in the Hall of History), I got chills & it took my breath away! Great direction! Great acting! Great filming! Few films have touched me like this!
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One of the most unique films I've ever seen. If you see this once, you will always remember it.
Totally agree.
yes i saw it for the first time this month and i was carried away as if i can relate and feel what they are feeling. the emotion is so intense.
This movie is magical.
The photo scene with her smile, rivals the Mona Lisa. The "what would I say to him" speech rivals Shakespeare. How can you combine romance and science fiction so beautifully, so seamlessly? You can when it's one of the greatest love stories ever told on film. So heartening when you find out that everyone involved with this masterpiece felt that. Jane Seymore and Christopher Reeve should be so proud of their work, their transcendent charisma trumps box office, oscars, and critics opinion. The jury is out, "Somewhere" is timeless.
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That was really well written, Brian! I love this movie and the Thornbirds too!
Everything about this film has captivated my soul. I’ve watched it countless times and each time I find something else to love about it. This film is a treasure.
This is one of the greatest movie ever the music is so beautiful and touching no words to discribe
lets not forget the great Canadian Actor in this film Christopher Plummer - was magnificent in this film . The Casting was perfect
He and I had many a conversations in a shop I managed with my wife at the time. He liked people who were real not fake. His wife Elaine also a great Lady. The only actor in the movie Mr. Plummer I called him he was the only class act. The other two I won't bother to mention.
RIP
I loved the movie!! It was the most romantic one I've ever seen!😍🙏
I know :) Jane Seymour was so beautiful (and still is), and Christopher Reeve looked like the quintessential gentleman. So handsome!!
I was just a kid when this hit the screen and have always wanted to go back in time... and STAY, since I saw it . Amazing what a good film can do to you. To me, Jane Seymour will always be Elise McKenna.
It is the smile the girl has in the photograph the thing that makes it special. She smiles as if saying to her onlooker: "Come I am waiting for You". Very nice to see and reflect.
i love this movie so so much, even till today, when i hear the music i cry, and Jane Seymour in that portrait, perhaps one of the most beautifully captured portraits ever and of course, she is such an incredible beauty.
She has a couple of sisters who look a lot like her.
I remember, years ago, flipping through the cable channels looking for something...anything to watch.
I came across this movie.
I didn't catch the beginning...but I watched the movie till the end.
When Christopher's character Richard dies, I turned off the TV and stood up to go to my room.
My Mom asked me, "What's wrong?"
I said, "Nothing."
I went down the hallway, into my room, shut the door, threw myself on the bed and proceeded to cry my eyes out...saying over and over while sobbing "Christopher Reeve is dead..Christopher Reeve is dead!!"
I was a teenager...silly and dumb.
Getting upset over a movie.
But...I was madly in love with Christopher Reeve.
I remember watching the movie Superman IV: The Quest For Peace over and over again...probably 8 or 9 times...in a row...in the same day.
I mean I loved Christopher Reeve.
My Mom asked me, "How many times are you going to watch that movie?"
I said, "I don't know...I just love the movie".
Then in 2004 Christopher Reeve did die.
Oh God, I was absolutely heartbroken.
I didn't want to believe it.
I kept saying, "If only he had not been on that horse, he would still be alive and walking".
It took me years to get up the nerve to watch this movie.
The music is just so haunting and beautiful.
I cry every time I hear it.
Sorry for my "book".
I Love You Christopher Reeve.
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This movie reaches into our being and soul to a place we didn't even know we had. Perhaps you will someday get to meet Christopher, 'Somewhere In Time.' I hope so.
I believe this to be his best performance
The music in this movie by John Barry is absolutely beautiful. How he never became Sir John Barry before he died was a great injustice.
This is such a beautiful movie, loved every second of it.
I loved this film as a child, it still makes me cry
My wedding music was based on the movie. I looked somewhere in time for my soul mate, I've found her and on Feb 14, 2016 it has been 28 years, and honestly its like i married her yesterday. I'm so grateful my somewhere in time is now, I love you Linda i always will.
A very dear family friend asked me and my daughter to play 30 minutes of flute and piano music while guests were being seated. She loved the Somewhere in Time themes so I arranged them for when the mothers were being seated. They were so appreciative and it’s a wonderful memory.
You could overcome just about everything in life. But time is the one true obstacle that leaves you with an overwhelming emptiness inside felt my nothing else.
So very true !
Maybe so, but at the same time, it's that fact that gives the whole phenomenon it's essence and beauty. It cannot be touched by anything because it is a matter of subjective thought in every self-aware soul that ever came to be in this world.
A beautiful movie and the music captures this moment perfectly.
I Know The Feeling that the Song "Somewhere In Time" Represents......I still Cry every time I hear this Song and Watch this Movie.....Bob
I agree. Most of us, since we were young, have always held the dream of a person we'd face eternity with. Love is too small a word to describe the connectivity on a soul level. Those who have experienced a relation, no matter how brief, where the concept of time did not exist, know of whereof I speak. Reality seems to blur in the presence of that person with a union so intense. It gives me hope that such profound bonds cannot be dissolved by physical death.
Free Fallin'68...An incredible Analogy....I Agree with You so much ......Bob Fox
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Wowww,..
For the lowest time; I thought that I was the only Male, who had been SOOO affected by this movie,.. the song, the story, the cast, the book and the love that Somewhere in Time reflected!
LOVE Somewhere in Time,.. Always have!
I've watched this scene a million times and still get goosebumps every time I see it. the music is key
This movie transfixed me when I was a kid. It still does! ❤️
This movie is timeless.
Definitely, one of the most beautiful 'moments' in cinema.
For a 13 year old boy, that picture was an arrow right thru the heart.
I feel you mate !
I love this movie. Movie and soundtrack gives me a heartache, a longing for true human love, and a longing for intimacy with God. The music "speaks" of love, of the hearts longing, of human intimacy and of course the greatest intimacy one can have is love of God.
My first girl crush was Jane Seymour when I saw this movie. I was like 10 years old. She was the epitome of beauty.🌹
It's easy to see and understand how someone could be captivated .. even fall in love with an image of someone from the past. And wish they could go back in time to be with that person. (I must confess I became smitten with a photograph of a man who lived decades before I was born, and wished he lived in my time so I could find him)
Truly beautiful I wish they would make another like this romantic, surprising, beautiful and beautiful music...
Sad, this movie was never given a chance,, Jane Seymour & Christopher Reeve deserve better, an award, & Since Chris
has left this world, so not fair,,
What chance are you referring to? Millions have been able to watch it. It's available to anyone who wants it. It has a devoted following, including a web site and Facebook pages. It didn't win awards from Hollywood, but who cares what they think?
@@robertromero8692 Exactly well put this movie definitely touched alot of ppl and Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve were so Proud ppl love it Blessings to them and peace to an Amazing Actor and Man ✌️🍀♥️💚🙏🙌♥️💚
The concept of being infatuated with a dead woman's portrait, to going back in time, and then falling in love with the actual person, who, when her (past) portrait is being taken, is inspired by the sudden appearance of "the man of her dreams," having come from the future, is so creative and romantic, that I want to burst!
As a kid in school I was studying the civil war and I remember finding a portrait of a young man in uniform that just...idk...it just gave my heart a jolt. I am a writer so I wrote a poem just about his photograph. It left such an impact on me and the fact that it was taken so long ago made it so strangely interesting.
Overwhelming, isn’t it!
@@Blue8spiral, What if you actually believed in reincarnation, and you may have had a past life with that young man in uniform, from that portrait that made you so attracted to him. Curiously, I'd love to know how your poem went and if you still took a picture to remember that man. It'd be pretty cool, if the people from our past, inspires some kind of past life memory. ^0^ Just a thought.
James Cameron apparently also thought so, when he later (After Somewhere In Time's release) made The Terminator. (Sarah Connor was thinking and speaking about the man she loved at the time she was photographed. And, John Connor later gave that picture to Kyle Reese.)
The interesting thing about the book for Somewhere In Time (originally titled Bid Time Return) is that while it did have the element of Richard falling in love with Elise from the photo, there was not the element of Elise seeing Richard at the time the photo was taken.
@@angelamenne9619 Reincarnation is a (Biblical) fact. A huge amount of events that occur in our lives (including the families we are born into and the people we are most strongly attracted to) are based on past life experiences.
Several times in my life, my mind has been captured by a woman. Twice at a dance, another while we were working on a charity project and got into one of those magic conversations, as well as a few other special moments. Sadly, all of them ended up with them on their merry way and me having to dig out of the slump they put me in. I first heard this soundtrack in a book store in Denver and knew I had to have it. Each time I watch the movie, I relate so deeply to his love for this picture/woman and how it suddenly is gone, leaving that emotional emptiness that can(and has) lasted for years.
she really was so beautiful, quite probably one of the most beautiful girls ever.
Remarkably, she is still just as vibrant and as beautiful in 2021. She's on an infomercial. I have NEVER seen anyone age so well. She has talked about what she eats, very healthy. She must also exercise.
Even if you don't like your photo taken, or your not that photogenic, its still good to have one taken from time to time, even if it's just to show you were here at some point : - )
One of the timeless classics. I urge any fan of this film to read the original novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson. A much deeper and darker tale and with a more reasonable and believable twist than the pocket watch which RM always regretted writing in the sceeenplay.
When you read the novel you realise that more so that Richard Collier actually deceives Elise all along..
It is a love story but by him going back to find her he is in fact doing her to a life of loss, pain and bewilderment. A remake more closer to the novel would be fantastic with Netflix on board.
Leonardo De Caprio and Amy Adams would be perfect. Pierce Brosnan as Robinson.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL, I loved Jane Seymour in this character and the picture is mesmerizing!
There is no way these two could not fall in love after doing this film. That is what I thought after viewing this movie countless times because it is my most favorite movie of all. Found out that was true.
To a wonderful actor christopher who had a very sad life. You were amazing in this movie. Somewhere in time reminds people of the things they have lost, but have never forgotten .
This is a fabulous film! Truly, one of my all time FAVORITES! This photo scene is very memorable. The music, scenery, acting, costuming, etc... if all fantastic!
I vacationed in Mackinac Island before seeing this film. That hotel is fabulous! The Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island - truly a MUST SEE! Love the fudge shops in the small town of Mackinac Island. This was one of my most memorable vacations - and I was probably in Junior High School when we visited this place! It is very enchanting! Loved it!
I loved it myself.I have the DVD and soundtrack on cd and vinyl.I must visit one day.
Cynthia Ha
jayne seymore was such a beautiful woman.
WHAT UP? Jane Seymore IS a stunning woman.......!
aazinging gorgeous
She was absolutely stunning.
I think that Jane Seymour in this movie with the period hairstyle and clothes is when she was the most beautiful in her life.
That scene was brilliant and so romantic!! They need more directors and writers like that!
The man of my dreams speech...oh my goodness! This movie, theme song, this beautiful love story is my favorite and forever will be a classic!!
@ Linda Adams - There was a story behind that scene during the shooting (I saw it on IMDB a few years ago). Christopher Reeve was in the audience during that monologue. He was so shook up by her performance that he had to fly home to his wife to be with her (he had his plane on the island at the time)
@@vlugovsky I thought it was Richard Matheson that happened to, not Christopher Reeve.
@@robertromero8692 - sorry. but no. It was C.R.
@@vlugovsky From the IMDB:
"There were problems with the original footage of Elise performing on stage, so the scenes of her had to be re-shot. The second time around, Jane Seymour delivered the speech to the author and screenwriter Richard Matheson instead of Christopher Reeve. Matheson was supposedly so moved and upset by the experience, he had to call his wife and return home immediately."
@@robertromero8692 The problem with your story is that Matheson was not in love with her. Chris was. Chris was so moved he had to fly home in his plane (remember, no cars allowed) to convince himself that he still loved his wife.
my favorite time travel love story. dont forget time after time,the time machine remake and back to the future 3 with mary steenburgen in 2 of them.
A magical moment . The cameraman captured the precise moment when Richard Collier who played by the late Christopher Reeves to see such a deadly gorgeous female in that particular photograph.
By comparison, are we able to repeat the same kind of action and meet that special someone who happens to be the love of our life.
Her smile was the same as that of Mona Lisa, right from the heart. Wow.
It would be so amazing if this can happen in real life ❤️❤️❤️ This movie is the best!
One of the most beautiful films ever made
How could anyone not fall in love with a woman as stunningly beautiful as Jane Seymour!
Interestingly despite the budget despite the fact it got on tv after the studio strike it is a timeless classic and one of the most talked about movies especially to those who love this movie like myself. John Barry had lost one of his parents and managed to come up with this score not long after their deaths, the music is so much the film too ! Simply inspirational
First saw this film as a child and answered so many questions about how I felt, why I felt the way I did, felt someone was missing and finally understanding that feeling and giving it some meaning. I still think while watching this film 'I know how you feel, yes that is familiar etc. I still say now (aged 48) that my one true love was in a different time and we have yet to be reunited (if we ever will) in this time
That photo of Jane & the way it was done was so sweet. She was stunning in the picture, a very classy lady. One of the few of the twentieth century. The whole casting was excellent!! Love the movie!
What the director didn't tell everyone was that this movie was done on a very minimal budget where the actors only received a base rate for their performances. That was the only way it made it to the screen and it has become somewhat of a cult classic.
@Marc Del - Wow! Is that really true? All of the actors were A-list type! They must have really loved the script.
An eerie coincidence: In the late 1940s, Richard Matheson was a journalism student at The University of Missouri. At the exact same time, the elderly Maude Adams was teaching drama at Stephens College. So, for several years, the two of them were literally within short walking distance of each other, but there's no evidence Matheson ever knowingly met her or knew who she was. Only 20 years later when he saw that picture of her, and became aware of who she was, did the genesis of this story happen. Matheson apparently worked this coincidence into the novel, having the character Richard remember crossing paths with an elderly Elise McKenna when he was a college student (and her apparently recognizing him). This became transformed into the famous opening scene of the movie, where the elderly Elise meets Richard and gives him the pocketwatch.
Too handsome !! Wonderful and unforgettable film.
As a 12 year old, I remember seeing the Poster at the Movie Theatre when we would drive by. I saw the movie on HBO back then and never really saw it again until just recently. I feel strangely attached to this movie as if someone is trying to tell me something. Being deeply Spritual, I have come across much literature which points to Thoughts being able to be Manifested. Another great movie along the same lines, though it is not Romantic, is Dream a Little Dream with the 2 Corey’s. Basically, the message is clear. Be careful what you ask or think for cause you may just get it. As a 53 Year Old Man, Being on my 1ST Marriage still, I know that I don’t feel about my wife what Elise feels towards Richard. I have seen a few Women that I have felt this about. Pretty much one for every decade of my Existence. I have just been obligated to my Spouse as the Vows Say. I like many made the decision to marry based on my weakness as a person. Anyhow, I believe we are Immortal Souls and Anything is possible. Even Time Travel if you so desire. It pretty much is Asto-Projection of your Spritual Energy. Either One can Master themselves and Travel Like Richard did in this Movie or you just do it when your present body has ran its course. Either way, with all being said, a person with patients can and will have all the desires they want. It might take a Lifetime or 2 but if you believe, All Is Possible.
@The Wizard of Chino Hills | Some small portions of those alternate spiritual teachings are true, but stay away from alternative spirituality and new age, it will destroy you. It mixes truth and lies - and right now, the parts you are attracted to is the truth path. (And with that, I am NOT implying any of the things you mentioned in your message above. But other things, which you did not mention.) The lies however will gradually seep into you, until they become a part of you. Then you will not want to let go, because you will not see a difference between yourself and the lies. You would have become one with them.
The way it works, is by making you think you are winning, learning, advancing, bettering yourself. So that you keep going. But the reverse is actually happening. You are quietly being corrupted, in a way, that makes you like the end result, even though if I told you now, where you are going to end up, you would immediately reject it!
The premise that one can manifest anything into existence, defeats the point of life on Earth. Satanism and a myriad of other false teachings, they all teach that humans should become manifestors of their own reality. The reason is to take people who are struggling in life, and feel the need to increase their self value, and promise them the world, no scratch that, the universe of possibilities, all made to serve THEM!
Also, the concept of immortal souls comes directly from various false doctrines of demons. They teach it so that humans believe that there is nothing one can do to screw up their own destiny, and die permanently, by lose themselves in this world. In other words, they are selling you false sense of security with everything they say to you and that you absorb into yourself as truth. That's why reincarnation is part of every false teaching. It's like this: "Don't worry you've got forever to figure all this out, you can do whatever you want! Wink. Wink."
But the real truth, which God plainly lays out for all to learn and align with is much different, and quite a bit more serious, sobering and scary: one can make choices that actually lead one to death, the total dissolution and cessation of self. The Bible calls it hell. And tradition has distorted it to mean, perpetual torture. But a careful study of the Bible says that God offers fallen humankind two choices: the free gift of life or if they reject that: death.
That means that one is not immortal. The Bible plainly says that only the Creator is immortal, Him alone! And that the salvation He grants to humanity must be accepted through the right way, His way, if it is to be effective and have authority over your soul! Thus one can indeed die and perish as God teaches: both the physical body and the soul can perish, if they are unsaved by Him.
*"Even Time Travel if you so desire."*
Fantasies of those who have their priorities completely wrong. God does not allow beings to go anywhere and everywhere. The universe is not like the wild west, which we see in Star Trek and Star Wars. It is a holy Creation and ordered.
*"It pretty much is Asto-Projection of your Spiritual Energy."*
I had friends who wanted to astral project. I wanted to do it so much, about 6 years ago. Heard many stories that it actually leads to demonic possession and/or influence. One gains various capabilities and powers, but because they expose their physical body, demons come in and take it over, changing its settings, so to speak, so that they too can dwell in your body and use it for their purposes. Which you have no control over. It ranges from the subtle to the very overt. It ranges from perceived personality changes to outright psychic phenomena.
*"Either One can Master themselves and Travel Like Richard did in this Movie or you just do it when your present body has ran its course."*
Self-mastery of that kind is the number one priority of Satanism, occultism, new age, mysticism, gnosticism, and Eastern religions. All of it is useless and does not lead to anywhere. The more you learn, the closer you become to Satan. Not to God, and most definitely to some kind of independent self-mastery to do whatever you want - even though that is the promise. The higher up you go, the more you will answer to Satan. Even though right now, that figure may be fantasy to you. That's how it works. The full truth is not told to the lower initiates. But as they move upwards in the ungodly spiritual paths, if they reach very high, they will be in contact with several beings. Some will present themselves as masters of wisdom, ascended masters, family relatives, off-world beings, higher dimensional beings, aliens, higher self.... and a whole host of other types and names. (I've heard them all and seen their fruits.) Alternatively one may simply go right to the top and become the obedient slave of Lucifer.
On the bottom levels of "self-mastery", you think it's all about yourself, and your own life, your success. But you are in truth serving the fallen "god" of this world. And as he is going to the lake of fire, so too are his followers. Unfortunately many deceived humans, who believe they have found the "ultimate truth".
*"Either way, with all being said, a person with patients can and will have all the desires they want. It might take a Lifetime or 2 but if you believe, All Is Possible."*
Yeah this sounds like the perfect description of the service to self path. Selfishness, self-interest, self-centeredness, narcissism, psychopathy.
And as there is no more than this particular life to make a right choice - you better chose wisely. Do you chose your own wisdom or God's wisdom?
Do you chose the things that come from a fallen race (humankind) or do you choose the things that come from a perfect Creator, who is above all the drama and the corruption?
Do you chose between the simple salvation of Jesus Christ, or the complex path (got to earn your way up the ladder, only to find out you were not on the right path to begin with and had thus suffered terrible trauma at the hands of the darkness you had mistakenly delved into)?
God does not allow fallen beings to "run around" His universe, doing whatever they want. The universe is His creation, and it is kept pure.
Therefore, there are rules and laws which must be followed. And they are not found in the false teachings you are currently studying.
As I was pulled out by God and made to see that all paths lead to death, except Jesus Christ, so can you.
Do you value your life enough to ask the question, to admit to the possibility of having gone in the wrong direction?
Think well friend. You only have one life. As God beautifully teaches us: life itself is the most precious gift of existence.
It is not to be abused. Since God Himself is the giver of life, life is only to be found with Him. Nowhere else.
Then don't see the movie. Its not for you don't get it
Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour are the most dashing couples in Somewhere in Time.
This movie still pulls my Heart strings
This is my all time favorite movie. First saw it when I was twelve. Cried my eyes out...and still do at 45. I've probably, realistically, seen this movie about 30 or so times. Oh...and my birthday just happens to be June 27th. :)
There are so many magical moments in this film!
This scene of this beautiful movie is so much exquisitely picturized and directed. Thank you for sharing this beautiful video 💟💙💒👌
That was exactly how it was when I saw my wife for the first time. Like a magnet.
Just a gorgeous Beautiful film ,♥️♥️
The music is by Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Truely opened my eyes for classical music. And it fits the movie perfectly because it is so melancholic and makes you think of the past. Whoever picked the music, I hope you got promoted.
Long Evenings, when Elise tells Richard in the rowboat that’s she had not heard that piece before, it’s because it was not composed until the 1930s.
jane seymour is indeed beautiful in this movie.
I can’t but cry every time.
Way back in my college days during the 90's when I first to watch this film from a friend's computer, I fell in love with the movie from then on...now that I cross to see from the youtube some clips of the movie and everything.. oh my! I want to watch this all over again. I hope I could see a nice copy of this undying classic love story of Richard and Elise.
I watched this movie many years ago but i can still remember the name, the actor and actress in this movie. I can't forget that photo in the movie. The story is so romantic! So glad to be able to watch it here on RUclips. Thanks for the upload. So sad that Christopher Reeves has passed on. RIP.
Love this movie!
Thank you!
Look up Maude Adams I read she was the real life inspiration just to look at her inspires the same feelings
The photograph of Jayne Seymour used in the framed picture could not have been better chosen. In it she smiles in such a natural way she seems to be alive. I like the smile which is not overdone nor forced and which shows her beauty. But most of all what impresses me is the genious in choosing that particular picture.
This movie should be seen by all time travel funs, as its bittersweet conclusion suggests that time travel as if would be possible, -is hearth breaking, and in fact you could realize that if you feel lonely in actual time, it would be dramatized in another time the way that could jeopardize your survival both emotionally and physically.
I guess this is the consequence what the playwright interprets in this lovely story.
Wonderful explanation about a beautiful scene in one of the most romantic films ever made
Her dress in the theater scene, that's a ball gown!
It was stunning!
ALL these tributes to beautiful actresses from the so called classic era fail to make a note of Jane Seymour. Certainly one of the real classic beauties from ANY film era.
When she first appeared as a Bond girl, I wasn't impressed; she was just some skinny gal with a pretty face. But over time she demonstrated her talent (and aged gracefully), and she was good with accents -- listen to her in character as Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée courted by the future King of Britain.
Now I am in my 70s and she is as beautiful now as she was when this was filmed. Go see it...then you will understand.
While I love this movie, I can't watch it now that Christopher Reeve is gone.
You said it right.I saw the movie I only oce and I am still fasinated *_* is not like the movies of today.Is so special...
@The Balanced Way Thanks for taking I would surmise a substantial amount of time to reply to my comment. At the End of the Day, there is God. The Alpha and Omega, the First and The Last, The Beginning and the End. The Creator Living Manifest in his Divine Creation. All Made for his Enjoyment and Amusement. I have come to Terms with all of it and Checked my Ego by the Roadside of Life. God is Now In the Driver’s Seat. I feel Quite Fine that His Divine Power and Wisdom will take Not Just Me but anyone else who chooses to Kill their Ego where they Desire to Go. Many Blessings.
Somehow i liked the sound of Jane's voice better in the film than when she is being interviewed.
Отличный романтический фильм. И актёры замечательные! Очень жаль Кристофера Рива....😢😢😢 . А Джей Сеймур и сейчас прекрасно выглядит. Дай Бог ей здоровья!
Such an amazingly beautiful woman and a great movie with such beautiful music , everytime I watch it though I can't help but think of Christopher Reeve , it's so sad how he ended up 😞😞😞
Wonderful movie! Mackinac Island, a place yet to see.
My half-brother, when discussing this movie for the first time, made me aware, and more appreciative, of the magic of the title, versus Matheson's original title of, "Bid Time Return." The watch had no beginning! The old woman gave it to Collier, but he had left it behind, so... "Somewhere In Time."
such beautiful portrait..
Chris faces is as magnificent and spectacular even more than hers as he stares at HERS.we caught him at his most beautiful also.....
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My favorite movie of all time. .........
Crazy, I've seen bits and pieces of the movie in the past 20 years, I was intrigued but didn't really want to see it. So I finally saw it because of the pandemic, binge-watched shows, but wanted to see a movie, I heard the soundtrack from somewhere and it made me stream this movie about 2 months ago and I've watched it about 5x already, researched Mackinac Island, and planning to visit. Can't believe I waited this long to watch it with my wife. She loves time travel and an island with no motor vehicles is a definite must-visit.
My wife and I vacationed at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego specifically because that was the setting of the book. Never had heard of it, and never would have known to go there without Matheson's story. Can't wait to go back again in better times. The book is even more tragic in some ways than the fiilm, which is hard to believe, I know. Haven't been to Grand Hotel yet, but it's definitely a bucket list item. Amazing that a story can do that, right? It can be so emotionally engaging that you'd like to go there.
@@peteg475 Thanks I just bought the book because I wanted more of this story. Can't wait to read it.
@@voyager406 They're different, but I love both the book and the film for different reasons. There are amazing things in the movie that aren't in the book, but great stuff is in the book that isn't in the movie. With the book it IS nice to read Richard's inner thoughts about what's happening. They're both great.
Do a comparison of this snapshot with the one from: Maude Adams; the inspiration behind "Somewhere In Time", video. In that picture you can see Maude with a fan next to her face. In the above version Jane Seymour has a fan in her hand when her picture is taken.
@Marc Del - I'm certain that similarity was not chance. The director outdid himself on this movie.
Beautiful film.
GOOGLE, I HAVE A VERY STRESSFUL WAY TO GO TO COME BACK TO THIS WORLD........YEARS.
My all time favorite movie!
This is such a timeless love story and beautiful movie
I love the story the director tells about the reveal of the portrait
Enjoyed it. Thank You
Best movie ever.
Im tryin to find this movie. Tq for posting
I got my copy thru Amazon
This movie and The Love Letter with Jennifer Jason Leigh are far and away the two best movies of this genre ever filmed. I'd put this one first but The Love Letter isn't all that far behind when you remember that unlike Somewhere in Time, it was a made-for-TV movie.
And both films are based on classic time travel stories, this one from a novel and The Love Letter from a short story. I've watched both countless times and they never fail to entertain.
Of course, Jack Finney wrote "The Love Letter", and as an author he's any time-travel fan's iconic writer. And in "Somewhere in Time", the character of "Professor Finney" is named in honor of him. Matheson loved Finney, which is partly why he used self-hypnosis for time-travel, just like Finney did in "Time and Again."
@@peteg475 "From Time to Time" and "Time and Again"; I've read both of my copies of these books to the point that they're worn out. In my opinion they're quite a bit better than "Bid Time Return" which "Somewhere in Time" is loosely taken from. Don't get me wrong; Richard Matheson was a master story teller, I just thought Bid Time was a bit too dark.
@@Gamble661 Well, it's supposed to be tragic, which I get isn't everyone's cup of tea. I like "Time and Again", but the sequel not so much.
@@peteg475 I didn't say tragic, it of course was meant to be tragic, the ending of the movie is as well. I just found it a bit too dark in the story telling and what the main character was going through, just an opinion.
I agree on your second point, "Time and Again" was the superior story but both are still head and shoulders above other entries in the genre.
@@Gamble661 To each his own. Yeah, it's tough to write something that doesn't come off as dark when your main character has terminal brain cancer. Though I must say it was pretty exciting to go to the Coronado and get to sit on those ornate chairs he mentions in the book. They're still there, if you can believe it.
This movie is so special in many ways, finding that one true love; the actors, the time it was filmed in,MacInac Island, just a magical experiance for all.
Esa foto es una "Monalisa",queda esta bella mujer en la inmortalidad
I agree 100%