Richard Collier

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Richard Collier is the time-traveling playwright protagonist of the romantic fantasy story "Somewhere in Time."

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Richard Collier canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
playwright
protagonist
time traveler
appearsIn Bid Time Return
Somewhere in Time
associatedWith Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island
basedOnWork Bid Time Return
createdBy Richard Matheson
filmPortrayalBy Christopher Reeve
firstAppearance Bid Time Return (1975)
firstFilmAppearance Somewhere in Time (1980)
linked to: Somewhere in Time
gender male
genre romantic fantasy
loveInterest Elise McKenna
medium film
novel
motivation to meet the woman in the photograph
narrativeRole first-person narrator (novel)
nationality American
notableObject Elise McKenna’s photograph
occupation playwright
settingLocation Mackinac Island
settingOfStory Grand Hotel
storyResolution dies in the present
reunited with Elise McKenna beyond death
storyType time travel romance
tragic romance
themeInvolvement fate and destiny
love across time
time travel paradox
timeTravelMethod auto-suggestion
self-hypnosis
travelsFromTimePeriod 1970s
travelsToTimePeriod 1912

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Somewhere in Time mainCharacter Richard Collier
subject linked to: film "Somewhere in Time"
Bid Time Return protagonist Richard Collier
Elise McKenna loveInterestOf Richard Collier