Monday, April 22, 2013

Christopher Reeve's best film, by Chris Prochownik

I never met Christopher Reeve, but always admired him and especially after his activist activities since his tragic accident.  Most knew him as Superman, and that he was!

However, a film that was by far his best actually did badly at the box office in 1980.  Somewhere in Time with co-star Jane Seymour suffered because of bad publicity and timing.  They did a general broad release and without publicity it failed and was quickly pulled from theaters.  A decade later, it developed a cult through the DVD release.

I first saw the film on HBO and loved it right off.  It became one of my top five films.  The story was very original, and he fit the character to the tee.  They picked the perfect setting for the film off in Lake Michigan where no motor cars allowed making the filming of the turn of last century more real.  Costumes were excellent and well researched.

A film that will last everywhere in time.

Somewhere in Time staring Christopher Reeve / Chris Prochownik
Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
By Chris Prochownik
http://www.polishstarproductions.webs.com/