Somewhere in Time (1980)
In the Hindu Puranas, stories were told of people completing various lifeforms (karma cycles) through dreams. Through this process, kings change roles to become slaves or animals and endure punishment or pleasure.
In the Hindu Puranas, stories were told of people completing various lifeforms (karma cycles) through dreams. Through this process, kings change roles to become slaves or animals and endure punishment or pleasure.
Time travel films usually deploy complicated devices to get their characters move through timelines. Surprisingly, in this purely romantic drama, it is made simple. Self-hypnosis in the presence of ancient artefacts is suggested as the way transport one back to the past.
Christopher Reeve (known for his role as Superman) plays the role of a playwriter, Richard Coulier. At a time when he gets a writer's block, he drives around aimlessly and ends up staying in a grand old hotel. He is drawn into the intriguing world of time travel after being fascinated with a portrait of a stage actress (the Queen of mini-series of the 80s, Jane Seymour as Miss Elise McKenna). He remembers receiving an old pocket watch 8 years previously from a mysterious lady whom he later found to be Ms McKenna herself, through his investigations.
After consulting a professor about time travel through hypnosis, Coullier transports himself back to 1912. He falls in love with Ms McKenna who is tightly guarded like a hawk by her manager, Robinson (Christopher Plummet, from Sound of Music). This love bubble burst when Coullier accidentally draws a 1979 coin from his coat pocket!
It is sad to see the hunk of Christopher Reeve ambulant. As we remember, he spent his later part of his life as a quadriplegic after sustaining a neck fracture following a horse riding accident. All the stem cell research and campaigns that he helped to be made aware, did not help him to recover. Sad.
N.B. The original Jane Seymour was King Henry the VIII's third wife whom he courted soon after his court passed the death sentence on his second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, for conspiracy and infidelity. Queen Jane Seymour provided the only male heir but she died after childbirth. The offspring later ascended the throne as King Edward VI.
Christopher Reeve (known for his role as Superman) plays the role of a playwriter, Richard Coulier. At a time when he gets a writer's block, he drives around aimlessly and ends up staying in a grand old hotel. He is drawn into the intriguing world of time travel after being fascinated with a portrait of a stage actress (the Queen of mini-series of the 80s, Jane Seymour as Miss Elise McKenna). He remembers receiving an old pocket watch 8 years previously from a mysterious lady whom he later found to be Ms McKenna herself, through his investigations.
After consulting a professor about time travel through hypnosis, Coullier transports himself back to 1912. He falls in love with Ms McKenna who is tightly guarded like a hawk by her manager, Robinson (Christopher Plummet, from Sound of Music). This love bubble burst when Coullier accidentally draws a 1979 coin from his coat pocket!
It is sad to see the hunk of Christopher Reeve ambulant. As we remember, he spent his later part of his life as a quadriplegic after sustaining a neck fracture following a horse riding accident. All the stem cell research and campaigns that he helped to be made aware, did not help him to recover. Sad.
N.B. The original Jane Seymour was King Henry the VIII's third wife whom he courted soon after his court passed the death sentence on his second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, for conspiracy and infidelity. Queen Jane Seymour provided the only male heir but she died after childbirth. The offspring later ascended the throne as King Edward VI.
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