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How A Classic Twilight Zone Episode Became A Forgotten Mark Harmon Movie
By JEREMY SMITH
A lesser-known "Twilight Zone" movie adaptation is Steven Schachter's "For All Time" starring Mark Harmon, which is based on the episode "A Stop at Willoughby."
The episode is a classic Rod Serling tragedy about a man who feels out of place in the present and dreams about an idyllic New York town called Willoughby in the late 19th century.
He decides to visit the town in his next dream during a train commute, but in the end, leaps from the moving train to his death while shouting "something about Willoughby."
The episode is a devastating short story that would lose its kick if drawn out, so "For All Time" turned it into a semi-remake of Richard Matheson's novel "Bid Time Return."
In that book’s film adaptation "Somewhere in Time," Christopher Reeve becomes obsessed with a photo of an early 20th-century woman and wills himself back in time to meet her.
"For All Time" borrows the time travel conceit for a much happier film than its two inspirations: Harmon’s character gets off the train in 1888 and falls in love with a widow.