Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Dennis Quaid | ... | Alex Gardner | |
Max von Sydow | ... | Doctor Paul Novotny | |
Christopher Plummer | ... | Bob Blair | |
Eddie Albert | ... | The President | |
Kate Capshaw | ... | Jane DeVries | |
David Patrick Kelly | ... | Tommy Ray Glatman | |
George Wendt | ... | Charlie Prince | |
Larry Gelman | ... | Mr. Webber | |
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Cory 'Bumper' Yothers | ... | Buddy |
Redmond Gleeson | ... | Snead | |
Peter Jason | ... | Babcock | |
Chris Mulkey | ... | Finch | |
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Jana Taylor | ... | Mrs. Webber |
Madison Mason | ... | Fred Schoenstein | |
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Kendall Carly Browne | ... | Mrs. Matusik |
A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people's dreams, with some mechanical help. When a subject dies in his sleep from a heart attack Alex Gardner becomes suspicious that another of the psychics is killing people in the dreams somehow and that is causing them to die in real life. He must find a way to stop the abuse of the power to enter dreams. Written by Zaphod <aaa@scs.leeds.ac.uk>
One of my favs from the 80's. There are certain pictures that grown-ups look to bring them back to the action/suspense/scare/titillation they felt as teen-agers. This fits the bill perfectly. I saw this as original release in the movies in my 30's, allowed myself to let the teenager within to take over, and have seen it at least 3-4 more times on TV. Just love it. Quaid is perfect as the charming/bumbling psychic recruited to (presumably) help people with dream problems. OK, so Kate Capshaw isn't a great actress, but she was quite good enough in the sexy-hot, yet resistant, scientist role she was meant to play. Max Von Sydow was perfect here as the main scientist. At first I was disappointed in Plummer's underplayed role, but I'm more forgiving in the subsequent viewings. The dream sequences were quite entertaining, some fun and some scares, and David Patrick Kelly (as Tommy Ray Glatman) did a FIRST CLASS job as a despicable psychopathic creep. And the ending was top-notch (on several levels, no spoilers). Despite comments that this seemed to copy others, I actually found this to be quite original. It had a plotline, continuity, and finale, and viewers didn't have to scratch their heads trying to figure out what happened or what would happen. I actually appreciate movies which don't rely on TONS of new wave computerized special effects, just enough from the 80's to set the scenery. I always recommend it highly to those who haven't seen it.