Somewhere in Time is a movie directed by Jeannot Szwarc in 1980 and based on the book of the same name by Richard Matheson, first published in 1975. The movie features Christopher Reeve, Christopher Plummer, Jane Seymour, Teresa Wright, George Voskovec, Bill Erwin, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
In 1972, college theatre student Richard Collier celebrates the debut of his new play. During the celebration, an elderly woman places a pocket watch in his hand and pleads, ‘Come back to me’. Richard does not recognize the woman, who returns to her own residence and dies in her sleep that same night. Eight years later, Richard is a successful playwright living in Chicago.
Movie vs Book
Year
1980
Minutes
103
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
Somewhere in Time
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Country: USA
Year: 1980
Length: 1h43m
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Year
1975
Pages
316
Book Rate
7.72
S: Goodreads
Book
Somewhere in Time
Original title: Bid Time Return
Author: Richard Matheson
Country: USA
First published in: 1975
Length: 316 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, you can’t expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that’s what you hope for, you shouldn’t sell the rights.”
BERNARD SCHLINK (Writer)
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