Rating: PG
Genre:
Fantasy
Release Date: 07/07/2000
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English/French/French
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Christopher Reeve got away from
Superman and related costume roles in this dramatic fantasy film, adapted from
Richard Matheson's 1960s vintage novel
Bid Time Return. A young playwright, Richard Collier (
Reeve), is approached by an elderly woman on the occasion of his first triumph in 1972 -- all she says to him is "Come back to me" and leaves him with a watch that contains a picture of a ravishing young woman. Eight years later, he visits the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and comes upon a photograph of the same woman, whom he discovers was an actress who made an appearance at the hotel in 1912. He becomes obsessed with the image and what the woman -- who died the night she approached him in 1972 -- meant by what she said. In a manner somewhat reminiscent of the film
Laura, he falls in love with her and her image as he learns more about her life and career. Then he comes upon the suggestion of a professor at his former college that time travel may, in fact, be possible, using an extreme form of self-hypnosis to free the person from the place they occupy in the time-stream. Collier's feelings for the woman are so strong that he succeeds, bringing himself back to the hotel in 1912 on the eve of her triumph. He meets the actress, Elise McKenna (
Jane Seymour), and the two fall in love despite the machinations of her obsessive, autocratic manager (
Christopher Plummer), who feels threatened by Collier's presence.
~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
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A Cult Classical Love Story.
Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour are the perfect couple in this beautifully romantic love story based on Richard Matheson's 1960 novel, Bid Time Return. Reeve is a lonely playwright, who wills himself back through time to the year 1912 where he begins a romantic rendezvous with a beautiful stage actress (Seymour). However, his only obstacle is her obsessive Svengali-like manager (Christopher Plummer), who feels threatened by his presence. Mackinac Island, Michigan provides the beautiful scenery for the location of the film.
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