The Lathe of Heaven

Name: The Lathe of Heaven
Genre: Sci-Fi
Released: 1980-01-09
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Bruce Davison, Peyton E. Park, Niki Flacks

TV Movie
1980
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

2.8K

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Sci-Fi

In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.

Directors
- Fred Barzyk
- David R. Loxton
Writers
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Fred Barzyk
- David R. Loxton
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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R.A. Mihailoff and Ben McKinley III in The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

Kevin Conway in The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

Bruce Davison and Kevin Conway in The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

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Trivia
The night that this was first broadcast, there was a major power outage in the Pacific Northwest, which meant that author Ursula K. Le Guin was unable to watch the film based on her own book on its first run.

Goofs
On the government water distribution tanker truck, the word "mobile" is misspelled "MOBIL".

Quotes
[Quoting Chuang Tse.]
George Orr: Those whom heaven helps we call the sons of heaven. They do not learn this by learning. They do not work it by working. They do not reason it by using reason. To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high attainment. Those who cannot do it will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven.

Connections
Featured in No Sleep TV3: Classic Episode #1: "Our All-Time Faves" (2015)

Soundtracks
With a Little Help from My Friends
(uncredited)
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

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Review

Featured review

excellent movie and a must see

I thought this was one of the best science fiction movies of all time. I thought the story was thoughtful, inventive and very, very interesting. I have since thought that this might be some sort of collective unconscience view of how the world is created and maintained by God and that mankind being a part of God is aware of this concept. (Or maybe I'm just reading too much into the movie.) In any case, I would very much like to see this movie come out on video tape so that I might buy a copy. I've got my fingers crossed. My review of the movie is "WAY TO GO!!"

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