Chicago, 1972. When an elderly woman hands Richard Collier (Superman's Christopher Reeve) a pocket watch, Richard becomes obsessed with finding out who she is. He discovers she is Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour), an actress who used to do plays in The Grand Hotel. Richard then time travels to 1912 to meet Elise and pursue her. Unapologetically romantic and delightfully magical, Somewhere in Time will enchant most viewers if they forgive the other aspects of the film, like its patchy rules on time travel. The rest of the film's elements, particularly the unforgettably stirring rendition of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, strong chemistry between Reeve and Seymour, and lush design and details (for which it was nominated for an Oscar) will have you forgiving and fawning over the film in no time.
Synopsis
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
