![]() ![]() I am touched that fans all over the world still keep it in their hearts, proclaiming it to be their favorite. We were all dashed when it failed at the box office, because SO MANY people missed it.īut Somewhere in Time was revived, and it lives. Entertainment that uplifts - and tells the kind of story you can recommend to everyone. Everyone who worked on the movie believed in it, and felt like we made something special, a superior type of entertainment. I saw it in the theatre 17 times, during its run. When the film came out 40 years ago today, I was in line for my ticket, although I had already seen it in April of 1980, at the Screening for Cast and Crew at Universal. These chronicle the fascinating legacy of this movie and give those who missed them the chance to feel like they were there. And we have produced 8 Somewhere in Time Event DVDs, (working on the 9th SIT Event DVD), which serve as fans’ tickets to these glittering, “time travel” experiences, with cast and crew sharing their intimate stories. ![]() My husband Jim and I authored the SIT Website, in 1997. What unquantifiable joy it has brought to the fans for 3 decades! ![]() We have also held 29, soon to be 30, Somewhere in Time Weekends at Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, MI. I’ve been creating the fan magazine for 21 years, 81 of the 116 issues. Bill started the ball rolling, and what an ‘astonishing’ step he took! Ten years after it debuted, he created a pedestal for Somewhere in Time, and began the publication. INSITE has published over 2,400 pages on this single motion picture, making it one of the most documented films of all time. What a journey! I am still here, lauding, promoting and representing this film to the world, as the President of INSITE, the fan society (International Network of Somewhere In Time Enthusiasts) which was founded by Bill Shepard in 1990. I was Cinderella (suddenly finding myself in a vintage dress, in a carriage and on my way to the ball) and also a bit like Alice, in Wonderland, getting to watch the symphony of experts making a beautiful masterpiece.Ĭhristopher Reeve and Jo Addie during filming - INSITE Founder Bill Shepard and INSITE President Jo Addie My story is on the SIT Website, “Barely in Time” and I invite you to read it…it will place you there, back then, and give you a taste of what the filming was like. It changed my life, in so many incredible ways, I am still amazed. I worked on the film for 3 glorious weeks, became friends with Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and felt like I lived for 3 weeks in 1912. I was one of the very fortunate who was on hand for the making of this film, witnessing it myself, and being cast as a “1912” Extra, in 1979. Somewhere in Time went on to mine and gather its lovers - lovers everywhere - who “get” what it means to love, to long to find ‘the one’, the thrill of finding 'the one' (even if you lose them) and to love totally, forever. But in time, SIT got its second chance, via then-new Cable and Home Video media. Beginning with a trouncing by film critics (except, interestingly, for the trades, Variety and Hollywood Reporter, which gave it favorable, positive reviews) resulting in brief, less than 3-weeks run in theatres, the film would have died an ignominious death and be forever forgotten. In fact, the studio didn’t even know what to do to promote it. The film did its own marketing…the fandom did not originate from the studio PR. I am humbled to be in the center of the film’s ‘phenomenon,' the only word that adequately describes the loyal, faithful, ardent following the film has garnered for itself worldwide, and all that has transpired…How many films get a 10th Anniversary, let alone a 40th? How many films that are really big hits one year, soon fade from collective memory a short while later? How many people can recall what film won “Best Picture” even last year? But we are STILL talking about, celebrating, Somewhere in Time. ![]() The film came out in theatres on October 3, 1980. It is Somewhere in Time's 40th Anniversary today. ![]()
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