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Summer of Dreams ()


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Washed-up pop-star has to move back to her hometown and finds a new direction by teaching young music students at the local high school. Romance is not far behind.

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Debbie Taylor
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Noah Burns
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Denise
Lane Edwards ...
Tim
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Ray Royce
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Natalie
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Mattress Store Manager
Shon Burnett ...
Ryan
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Store Owner
Eric Gibson ...
Oliver
Zeeshan Goawala ...
Prom student #2
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Johnny
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Pretty Girl
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Ashley
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Liam
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Kacey
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Mrs. Vance
Sean Thomas ...
Nick
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Dylan
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Shelley
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Darryl
Liam Raymond Dib ...
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Directed by

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Mike Rohl

Written by

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Neal H. Dobrofsky ... (written by) (as Neal Dobrofsky) &
Tippi Dobrofsky ... (written by)

Produced by

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Kim Arnott ... producer
Bart Fisher ... creative executive
Debbie Gibson ... executive producer
Shelley Hack ... executive producer

Music by

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Jeff Tymoschuk

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Ronald Paul Richard ... (as Ronald Richard)

Editing by

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Lisa Robison

Editorial Department

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Lionel Barton ... colorist

Production Design by

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Nick Richardson

Art Direction by

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Danielle Bayliss

Set Decoration by

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Mykhila Drummond

Costume Design by

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Rafaella Rabinovich

Makeup Department

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Victoria Ferguson ... makeup artist
Jennifer Manton ... hair department head
Audrey Himmer-Jude ... daily makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Dawn Knight ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Shawna Cox ... additional assistant director
Ryan Kosmynka ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Daniel Brayshaw ... props
Jonathan Peter Fill ... on set decorator
Fraser Hagen ... graphic designer
Donna McBride ... assistant set decorator
Laura McDougall ... property master
Christopher Strand ... Assistant Set Decorator
Ali Tavasoli ... key leadman
Slade Young ... set dresser

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Matthew Gionet ... dialogue editor
Tony Gort ... dialogue editor
Don Mann ... re-recording mixer / sound effects editor
Iain Pattison ... dialogue editor
Greg Stewart ... re-recording mixer
Andy Welker ... adr mixer

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Nazim Aladogan ... visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Matt Bonin ... Best Boy Grip / Key Rigging Grip
Michael Fisher ... first assistant camera
Vlad Horodinca ... "a" camera operator
Tyler Meehan ... first assistant camera
Alicia c. Snee ... dolly operator
Bettina Strauss ... still photographer
Elmer Ventura ... digital imaging technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Tina Dumais ... assistant costume designer

Music Department

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Valerie Biggin ... music supervisor
Siân O'Byrne ... music coordinator
Dave Stephens ... music editor

Additional Crew

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Francisco Gonzalez ... international sales and distribution
Taylor Hill ... post-production coordinator
Rylan Korberg ... assistant accountant
Brent Murphy ... security
Jaime Peters ... production accountant
Edwin Rodriguez ... background coordinator
Anastasia Sharpe ... first aid/craft service
Brady Van Leenen ... assistant production coordinator

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Plot Summary

A pop star for approximately thirty years since she was fifteen, Debbie Taylor has led a superficial life without really knowing it. She begins to understand it when everything in her life falls apart. Her singing career already almost non-existent as a so-called has-been, the record label which was established on her name drops her, with no other ready to sign her. She is a jet setter who has gone into debt in the expectation that she could always release another record to make more money. On top of these professional problems, she and her actor boyfriend Liam break-up on the discovery that she didn't mean as much to him as he did to her. Not knowing what to do, Debbie heads to Youngstown, Ohio to live with her sister Denise, her husband Tim and their adolescent daughter Natalie, who eventually come to realize that her stay is not just a simple vacation as she had implied. Denise had already suspected something as Debbie and she never really understood each other's lives, Debbie who would never just drop by. While Debbie lounges around reassessing how to get her singing career back, Denise knows that she has to get a job, which Denise, a high school assistant principal, offers her: teaching the after school music program at her school, its purpose being for the group of eight students to prepare a song to perform at the upcoming prom. Debbie reluctantly accepts the job using her birth name Debbie Delvecchio both in the off chance that someone possibly would recognize her and/or not to be associated as family to Denise. Although slow to connect with the students initially treating them like an audience of her fans, Debbie finds that she becomes an integral part of their lives - each who has a different issue - as they are with her in finding satisfaction in being a mentor to them. Beyond some issues with the program which she has to overcome, Debbie has to decide where her priorities lie if she is given another opportunity closer to her old life, her new life which also includes a burgeoning relationship with the school's guidance counselor, Noah Burns. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Relevant (United States)
  • Song of Summer (United States)
  • Mélodie d'amour (1/2) (France)
  • Una última canción (Spain)
  • Ljeto iz snova (Croatia)
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  • 84 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The vocal group in the movie perform a ballad version of Debbie Gibson's "Only In My Dreams." Gibson follows it by singing a song she wrote for this picture, "Wonderland." See more »
Goofs In a classroom scene where Debbie Gibson is wearing a blue dress, there are several shots where she is wearing a necklace, and several shots where the necklace is missing. See more »
Movie Connections Followed by Wedding of Dreams (2018). See more »
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Crazy Credits The end titles list Gibson's song as "Only In My Dream". The last word should be plural. See more »

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