“My wife and child and I were on a camping trip and we stopped in Virginia City. In the Opera House, I saw a photograph of Maude Adams, the famous American actress. It was such a great photograph that creatively I fell in love with her. What if some guy did the same thing and could go back in time?” – Richard Matheson, on his initial inspiration for the novel Bid Time Return (1975). It was later made into the film Somewhere in Time
The movie Somewhere in Time was filmed at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan. The island bans cars so bicycles and horse drawn carriages are the only way to get around. The island and hotel are truly a step back in time. If you plan to visit you may have to get a hotel reservation a year or two in advance in the summer months.
Macinac is a pretty magical place. And Somewhere in Time is the best work Chris Reeves ever did.