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| 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:
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17 August 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$2,257,000, 19 August 1984, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$11,484,000Company Credits
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Composed and Produced by Craig Huxley (as Craig Hundley)
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When George Wendt's character hands the book he wrote to Dennis Quaid's character, on the back is a quote plugging the book credited to David Loughery who wrote the story/screenplay for this movie. See more »Goofs
Blair may be the head of the CIA but he is not in charge of security for the President. That falls solely on the Secret Service for which Blair and Novotny , would have no say in the matter of where the President would be staying. See more »Quotes
Tommy Ray Glatman: Hello, Mr. President. Alex, what a suprise. I get to kill two for the price of one!See more »
Alternate Versions
When reclassified by the BBFC in 2000 the nunchaku weapon was no longer deemed a problem to pass on film following a weapons rethink in 1999. The BBFC waived the 28 seconds of cuts made to previous versions. Dreamscape was cut for the UK cinema upon original release in 1984 and video issues also suffered the same edits. The scene on the train where Alex meets Tommy is shorter as it features the infamous nunchaku, which rarely made it onto the British Screen at this time, and shots of a man's severed heart were also removed by the UK censor. This scene can be seen in the TV version which was shown on BBC1 albeit minus a few "strong" words. When the BBFC reclassified the film in 2000 under newer guidelines the nunchaku was no longer a problem and they waived the aforementioned cuts. See more »Soundtracks
Baby, Can't We Take It HomeComposed and Produced by Craig Huxley (as Craig Hundley)
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I just saw Dreamscape on television. Despite some flaws, it's not a bad movie at all. It's very well-acted (though George Wendt is wasted in a thankless plot-device role) and features some very impressive, CONVINCING effects. If you want gratuitous computer-cartoon crap, look elsewhere. The "snake man" is impressive, and the actual dreamscapes themselves feature some inventively bizarre set design.
Of course, I must mention the flaws. Though Dennis Quaid and Kate Capshaw have appeal, their characters are only partially developed, and the romantic angle of their relationship is quite standard and seems a bit forced. The motivations of several characters seem muddled, and the film tries to be too many things (horror, political conspiracy drama, Raiders of the Lost Ark-inspired adventure) for too many audiences. Also, despite creepy bits, it does seem to pull some punches. It's too explicit to be purely psychological, yet it stops just short of being a visual nightmare. Basically it lacks a hard edge...of course, as I said, I saw it cut for TV.
Still, despite the problems, it's worth watching if you run across it. It's well-made and effective, with engaging performances and some sufficiently eerie passages.