History Film / SomewhereInTime

* TheWindyCity

->''"Someday in the past he [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will]] find her..."''

Richard arrives in TheEdwardianEra at the same vintage hotel he was staying at in 1980, where he encounters the woman he's looking for, stage actress Elise [=McKenna=] (Creator/JaneSeymour). However, her overprotective manager William Fawcett Robinson (Creator/ChristopherPlummer) won't hear of anyone romancing ''his'' star.

Richard arrives in TheEdwardianEra at the same vintage hotel he was staying at in 1980, where he encounters the woman he's looking for, stage actress Elise [=McKenna=] (Creator/JaneSeymour). However, her overprotective manager William Fawcett Robinson (Christopher Plummer) won't hear of anyone romancing ''his'' star.

->''"Someday in the past, he [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will]] find her..."''
-->-- '''Tagline'''

Richard arrives in TheEdwardianEra when stage actress Elise [=McKenna=] (Creator/JaneSeymour) was visiting the same vintage hotel he was staying at in TheEighties. However, her overprotective manager William Fawcett Robinson (Christopher Plummer) won't hear of anyone romancing ''his'' star.

A 1980 film adaptation of Creator/RichardMatheson's ''Bid Time Return''.

-->-- '''Tag line'''

->''Someday in the past, he [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will]] find her...''

-->''Someday in the past, he [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will]] find her...''

Even if you have SingleTargetSexuality, you just might give up after finding out that your One True Love lives in a different time period, but that doesn't stop Richard Collier (Creator/ChristopherReeve), who, for lack of a better description, manages to [[MentalTimeTravel psych himself back in time]]. The space-time continuum is just no match for ThePowerOfLove.

Richard arrives in TheEdwardianEra when stage actress Elise [=McKenna=] (Creator/JaneSeymour) was visiting the same vintage hotel he was staying at in TheEighties. However, her overprotective manager (Christopher Plummer) won't hear of anyone romancing ''his'' star.

Even if you have SingleTargetSexuality, you just might give up after finding out that your One True Love lives in a different time period, but that doesn't stop Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve), who, for lack of a better description, manages to [[MentalTimeTravel psych himself back in time]]. The space-time continuum is just no match for ThePowerOfLove.

Richard arrives in TheEdwardianEra when stage actress Elise [=McKenna=] (Jane Seymour) was visiting the same vintage hotel he was staying at in TheEighties. However, her overprotective manager (Christopher Plummer) won't hear of anyone romancing ''his'' star.

A 1980 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's ''Bid Time Return''.

* ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics: A post-film example -- the theme was given lyrics in TheNineties and turned into a song of the same title for Michael Crawford. It appears on the soundtrack to his Las Vegas show ''[=EFX!=]'', where it served as a prerecorded prelude due to its fantasy theme, but it's easy to interpret the first-person lyrics as coming from Richard's point of view.

* ObscuredSpecialEffects: The time travel is achieved through the mundane process of self hypnosis. The visuals used to represent Richard's journey through time are similar to those that might be used in any ordinary drama to represent falling in and out of a dream. Reportedly, because the story involved time travel as a plot element, this was done to avoid being [[SciFiGhetto lumped in with]] all of the science fiction genre films during the post StarWars era.

!!Tropes include:

* EnforcedMethodActing: The first time Richard sees Elise's picture was also the first time Christopher Reeve had seen it. The director wanted his genuine reaction.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Richard is none other than Film/{{Superman}}.

* TheRedStapler: Many fans of the film now take vacations to the FrozenInTime Mackinac Island, Michigan (where the movie was filmed) to expand their understanding of the setting.
** Expand their understanding of the setting...so, to discover that the movie portrayed the island ''totally'' inaccurately by making it appear accessible by bridge and having the characters drive around in motorized vehicles?
** Since when is Mackinac Island FrozenInTime? There's a ''Starbucks'' there as of August 2011.

* ObscuredSpecialEffects: The time travel is achieved through the mundane process of self hypnosis. The visuals used to represent Richard's journey through time are similar to those that might be used in any ordinary drama to represent falling in and out of a dream. Reportedly, because the story involved time travel as a plot element, this was done to avoid being lumped in with all of the science fiction genre films during the post StarWars era.

* YouAlreadyChangedThePast adapted, as this is discovered before going back, not after; resulting in [[DejaVu VujaDe]].

* FallingForSomeoneNeverMet

* ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics: A post-film example -- the theme was given lyrics in TheNineties and turned into a song of the same title for Michael Crawford. It appears on the soundtrack to his Las Vegas show ''[=EFX!=]'', where it served as a prerecorded prelude, but the lyrics are clearly based on the film's story.

* YouAlreadyChangedThePast

* ThrowItIn: Elise gets lost in her lines in the [[ShowWithinAShow play]], during a scene discussing love; she instead begins daydreaming about finding her (Elise's) real true love. Unfortunately the effect is more awkward and stilted than romantic, at least for anyone who is not Richard. The other actress looks uncomfortable, and Elise's manager is none too thrilled.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Richard dies of grief after being separated from Elise and returned to his own time, but is reunited with Elise in heaven.]]
* TheConstant: Arthur

* TheEdwardianEra: 1912 scenes

** Expand their understanding of the setting... so, to discover that the movie portrayed the island ''totally'' inaccurately by making it appear accessible by bridge and having the characters drive around in motorized vehicles?

* TheSeventies: 1972 scenes
* SingleTargetSexuality: Richard and Elise
* StableTimeLoop: The watch

* GorgeousPeriodDress