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A 1980 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's ''Bid Time Return''. |
A 1980 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's ''Bid Time Return''. |
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Even if you have [[Single |
Even if you have [[Single-Target Sexuality]], you just might give up after finding out that your One True Love lives in a different time period, but that doesn't stop Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve), who, for lack of a better description, manages to [[Mental Time Travel|psych himself back in time]]. The space-time continuum is just no match for [[The Power of Love]]. |
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Richard arrives in [[The Edwardian Era]] when stage actress Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour) was visiting the same vintage hotel he was staying at in [[The Eighties]]. However, her overprotective manager (Christopher Plummer) won't hear of anyone romancing ''his'' star. |
Richard arrives in [[The Edwardian Era]] when stage actress Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour) was visiting the same vintage hotel he was staying at in [[The Eighties]]. However, her overprotective manager (Christopher Plummer) won't hear of anyone romancing ''his'' star. |
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* [[Forgotten Theme Tune Lyrics]]: A post-film example -- the theme was given lyrics in [[The Nineties]] and turned into a song of the same title for Michael Crawford. It appears on the soundtrack to his Las Vegas show ''EFX!'', where it served as a prerecorded prelude due to its fantasy theme, but it's easy to interpret the first-person lyrics as coming from Richard's point of view. |
* [[Forgotten Theme Tune Lyrics]]: A post-film example -- the theme was given lyrics in [[The Nineties]] and turned into a song of the same title for Michael Crawford. It appears on the soundtrack to his Las Vegas show ''EFX!'', where it served as a prerecorded prelude due to its fantasy theme, but it's easy to interpret the first-person lyrics as coming from Richard's point of view. |
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* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: Elise wears some magnificent examples of late-Edwardian (1910 to 1914) couture. |
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: Elise wears some magnificent examples of late-Edwardian (1910 to 1914) couture. |
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* [[Have We Met Yet]] |
* [[Have We Met Yet?]] |
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* [[Her Heart Will Go On]]: Unusual in that the story is seen from the man's perspective. |
* [[Her Heart Will Go On]]: Unusual in that the story is seen from the man's perspective. |
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* [[Love Before First Sight]] |
* [[Love Before First Sight]] |
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** Since when is Mackinac Island [[Frozen in Time]]? There's a ''Starbucks'' there as of August 2011. |
** Since when is Mackinac Island [[Frozen in Time]]? There's a ''Starbucks'' there as of August 2011. |
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* [[The Seventies]]: 1972 scenes. |
* [[The Seventies]]: 1972 scenes. |
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* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Richard and Elise. |
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* [[Something We Forgot]]: Richard apparently didn't check his pockets. |
* [[Something We Forgot]]: Richard apparently didn't check his pockets. |
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* [[Stable Time Loop]]: The watch. |
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: The watch. |
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* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|Anti-climax: Richard's abrupt separation from Elise upon unfortunate reminder from his own timeline. ''Penny for your thoughts?'' [[Narm (Darth Wiki)|REEEEEEE-chard!!!]]}} |
* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|Anti-climax: Richard's abrupt separation from Elise upon unfortunate reminder from his own timeline. ''Penny for your thoughts?'' [[Narm (Darth Wiki)|REEEEEEE-chard!!!]]}} |
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* [[The Windy City]] |
* [[The Windy City]] |
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* [[Your Universe or Mine]] |
* [[Your Universe or Mine?]] |
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* [[You Already Changed the Past]] adapted, as this is discovered before going back, not after; resulting in [[Deja Vu|VujaDe]]. |
* [[You Already Changed the Past]] adapted, as this is discovered before going back, not after; resulting in [[Deja Vu|VujaDe]]. |
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