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The Lake House
Why this pick
A similarly yearning, elegant time-crossed romance, built around an impossible connection, intimate correspondence, and the ache of lovers trying to bridge separation.
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MOVIE1980 1h 43m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Richard Collier, a playwright who becomes obsessed with a photograph of a young woman at the Grand Hotel. Through self-hypnosis, he wishes himself back in time to the year 1912 to find love with actress Elise McKenna, but comes into conflict with Elise's manager, William Fawcett Robinson, who fears that romance will derail her career and resolves to stop him.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Christopher Reeve
Richard Collier
Jane Seymour
Elise McKenna
Bill Erwin
Arthur Biehl
George Voskovec
Dr. Gerald Finney
John Alvin
Arthur's Father
Susan Bugg
Penelope
Christopher Plummer
William Fawcett Robinson
Susan French
Older Elise