TV: Somewhere in Time

Another movie I watched this week was Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. It starts in 1972 where Reeve's character, Richard Collier, is in college and he's just finished opening night of a new play he wrote. An old lady walks to him, hands him a beautiful pocket watch and says, "Come back to me." She goes home and dies that night. Eight years later, he's having writer's block, and feels he has to go away for a few days. He drives until he comes to the hotel (filmed on the beautiful Mackinac Island, Michigan) that he never had the chance to visit that is near his old college. He decides to stay there for the night. He goes down to supper and has time to kill before they open, so he's looking at the Hall of History when he sees this photograph of a beautiful lady that so mesmerizes him, he has to find out who she is. Unfortunately the name plate is missing. He finds out her name was Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour) and she acted in a play at the hotel's theater. The next day, Richard goes to the library and does research on Elise McKenna. He finds out that the old lady that gave him the watch in 1972 was Elise McKenna. He goes to the home of the lady that took care of her and wrote her biography and asks for more information about her. While he is looking at all her stuff, he sees a book written by one of his professors. He's told she read the book over and over. He looks at the title and it is called "Bid Time Return". He realizes he should go back in time and find Elise McKenna. I won't tell you anymore. But, I love this movie. It is so romantic. The music is awesome too! Rachmaninoff and John Barry and Barry Williams. If you have never seen this movie, you need to watch it. It is definitely a classic.