After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected...
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Title: Dream Lover (1986)
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| Kristy McNichol | ... | Kathy Gardner | |
| Ben Masters | ... | Michael Hansen | |
| Paul Shenar | ... | Ben Gardner | |
| Justin Deas | ... | Kevin McCann | |
| John McMartin | ... | Martin | |
| Gayle Hunnicutt | ... | Claire | |
| Joseph Culp | ... | Danny | |
| Matthew Penn | ... | Billy | |
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Paul West | ... | Shep |
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Matthew Long | ... | Vaughn Capisi |
| Jon Polito | ... | Dr. James | |
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Ellen Parker | ... | Nurse Jennifer |
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Lynn Webster | ... | Policewoman |
| Brenda Cowling | ... | Hotel Manager | |
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Charles West | ... | Man at Hilton Hotel |
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After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected results ... Written by Homme A. Piest <piest@pobox.leidenuniv.nl>
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painting | father daughter relationship | domineering father | stabbed in the back | knife |Taglines:
Now I lay me down to sleep. If I should kill before I wake... See more »Parents Guide:
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2 April 1986 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$202,733, 23 February 1986Gross USA:
$502,237Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Well, all-in-all this is a rather lame & pretty disappointing movie. It's not badly made or hasn't any noticeable technical flaws for that matter. It's just that the pacing was too slow and on several occasions the suspense was really lacking. A lady gets attacked in her apartment by an unwelcome visitor (well not really her apartment, since she's still a little daddy's girl, but an apartment she sub-rents from some musician who is out of town). She manages to overcome him. However, she remains traumatized and starts developing some serious mental issues (like in: ripe for the loony-bin). I won't tell much more for those of you who still want to check out this movie, because, well, it is directed by Alan J. Pakula after all, so I'm sure you could do worse picking up a random movie (not that I'm a fan of this director or anything). It has maybe one or two tense scenes and some enjoyable dream-sequences. But that's all, basically. The final scenes in the building in London had something promising going on there, but in the end the conclusion is just disappointing. They really should at least have thrown maybe some incest and a lot of killings in there to spice things up (not that these are things that make a movie good, but hey, if you're out to terrify your audience, then why not make the extra effort?). But no, just pretty lame stuff and secretive dream-research in some basement room is all you will find in this one. So why didn't I flunk this movie? I dunno... maybe I'm just a nice guy. Or maybe it's a better movie than I first thought it was? If I'll ever re-watch it, I'll let you know.