Somewhere In Time
Drama, Romance
Universal Studios  (1980) 104 mins PG

7.0 (7,185 votes)
He Sacrificed Life In The Present…To Find Love In The Past.

Somewhere In Time is the story of a young writer who sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him. Young Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) is approached by an elderly woman who gives him an antique gold watch and who pleads with him to return in time with her. Years later, Richard Collier is overwhelmed by a photograph of a beautiful young woman (Jane Seymour). Another picture of this woman in her later years reveals to him that she is the same woman who had given him the gold watch. Collier then becomes obsessed with returning to 1912 and the beautiful young woman who awaits him there....

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Cast and Crew
Jane Seymour  ......  Elise McKenna
Christopher Reeve  ......  Richard Collier
Christopher Plummer  ......  William Fawcett Robinson
Teresa Wright  ......  Laura Roberts
Bill Erwin  ......  Arthur Biehl
George Voskovec  ......  Dr. Gerald Finney
Director  .....  Jeannot Szwarc
Producer  .....  Stephen Deutsch; Steve Bickel; Ray Stark
Writer  .....  Richard Matheson
Notes
Goofs:
Plot holes: The watch "walks in circles" through time, and was never, at any moment in history, actually fabricated. (more)

Trivia:
George Wendt's film debut. (more)

Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA (more)

Quotes:
William Fawcett Robinson: Excess within control. (more)

Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 3 nominations (more)