A young psychic on the run from himself is recruited by a government agency experimenting with the use of the dream-sharing technology and is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of the U.S. president.
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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>
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dreamscape | shared dream | character's point of view camera shot | sexual fantasy | caught having sex |Taglines:
Close your eyes and the adventure begins. See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
17 August 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El túnel de las pesadillas See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,257,627, 19 August 1984Gross USA:
$12,145,169Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$12,145,169Company Credits
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Alex Gardner: It was easy!
[Rips his own head in two to reveal a monster inside that bites Blair's head off]
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Composed and Produced by Craig Huxley (as Craig Hundley)
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Kate Capshaw starred as the love-interest in not one, but two 1984 movies that featured a scene where a man's still-beating heart was ripped from his chest: this movie and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). See more »Goofs
When Alex enters the volunteer's dream for the first time, he jumps/falls on the construction girder trying to rescue the man. While on the girder, Alex is alternatively in front on or behind the rope while reaching for the man (most noticeable where he uses his legs to try and anchor himself in place while reaching). See more »Quotes
Bob Blair: [opens the elevator door to find Alex there] How did you get in here?Alex Gardner: It was easy!
[Rips his own head in two to reveal a monster inside that bites Blair's head off]
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Alternate Versions
The US DVD uses an alternate shot of the scene where the short bald guy with glasses finds his wife cheating on him. Normally you see the woman partially naked but on the DVD only her face is shown. See more »Soundtracks
Baby, Can't We Take It HomeComposed and Produced by Craig Huxley (as Craig Hundley)
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For 1984, this is a good sci-fi movie. I remember watching its as a kid. I was scared for days of the Snake Man in the movie. Having watched it recently, I noticed that it had naturally lost the terror that it instilled when I was a child. Despite this, it brought back foggy memories and allowed me to analyze and enjoy the film on an adult level.
The story concerns a project that allows telepaths to enter into the dreams of others. Inside these dreams they are able to help/harm the individuals from/with their nightmares. Dennis Quaid plays a young Alex Gardner who possesses the gift of telepathy. Under the study of Max Von Sydow and Kate Capshaw (forgot how attractive she was), Alex enter patient's dreams and tries to help them. But with this ability, there are others that would use it as a weapon. When the President (Eddie Albert) begins having haunting nightmares, can someone help him escape his dreams before its too late?
Dreamscape delivers some of the eighties creativity and originality that we can only hope for in today's movies. Take out the gore and grotesqueness of "The Cell" and you could say this movie was its inspiration.