Somewhere in Time
“Someday in the past he will find her...”
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 twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
Cast
50 people
Christopher Reeve
Richard Collier
Known for
Superman
Village of the Damned
Jane Seymour
Elise McKenna
Known for
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Live and Let Die
Christopher Plummer
William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
Known for
Up
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Teresa Wright
Laura Roberts
Known for
Shadow of a Doubt
The Best Years of Our Lives
Bill Erwin
Arthur Biehl
Known for
The Land Before Time
Dennis the Menace
George Voskovec
Dr. Gerald Finney
Known for
12 Angry Men
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Susan French
Older Elise
Known for
Jaws 2
House
John Alvin
Arthur's Father
Known for
Objective, Burma!
Milk Money
Eddra Gale
Genevieve
Known for
8½
The Graduate
Audrey Bennett
Richard's Date [1972]
William H. Macy
Critic [1972]
Known for
Shameless
Fargo
Laurence Coven
Critic [1972]
Also in
Mommy's Day
The Rat Thing
Jeannot Szwarc Director · Richard Matheson Screenplay John Barry Composer
Worldwide gross $9.7M · Budget $5.1M · United States release October 3, 1980
Box office
Budget
$5,100,000
Worldwide gross
$9,700,000
Gross vs. budget
1.9×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Rastar Productions
Production
Stephen Deutsch Productions
Production
Rastar Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 2, 1980
Theatrical
United States · October 3, 1980
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 2000
Physical
Argentina
June 25, 1981 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 5, 1981 · Theatrical
Colombia
August 13, 1981 · Theatrical
France
May 6, 1981 · Theatrical
Germany
November 2, 1986 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
September 12, 1981 · Theatrical
Japan
January 3, 1981 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 2, 1980 · Theatrical
June 4, 1981 · Theatrical
Spain
May 7, 1982 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 27, 1981 · Theatrical
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