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Dream with the Fishes

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.8K
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David Arquette, Kathryn Erbe, and Brad Hunt in Dream with the Fishes (1997)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Finn Taylor
  • Writers
    • Finn Taylor(story)
    • Jeffrey D. Brown(story)
  • Stars
    • David Arquette
    • Brad Hunt
    • Cathy Moriarty
Top credits
  • Director
    • Finn Taylor
  • Writers
    • Finn Taylor(story)
    • Jeffrey D. Brown(story)
  • Stars
    • David Arquette
    • Brad Hunt
    • Cathy Moriarty
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 30User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    David Arquette and Cathy Moriarty in Dream with the Fishes (1997)
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    Kathryn Erbe, Brad Hunt, and Patrick McGaw in Dream with the Fishes (1997)
    David Arquette and Brad Hunt in Dream with the Fishes (1997)

    Top cast

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    David Arquette
    David Arquette
    • Terry
    Brad Hunt
    Brad Hunt
    • Nick
    Cathy Moriarty
    Cathy Moriarty
    • Aunt Elise
    Kathryn Erbe
    Kathryn Erbe
    • Liz
    Patrick McGaw
    Patrick McGaw
    • Don
    J.E. Freeman
    J.E. Freeman
    • Joe, Nick's Father
    Timi Prulhiere
    Timi Prulhiere
    • Michelle
    Anita Barone
    Anita Barone
    • Mary
    Allyce Beasley
    Allyce Beasley
    • Sophia
    Peter Gregory
    Peter Gregory
    • Pharmacist
    Richmond Arquette
    Richmond Arquette
    • Sheriff
    George Maguire
    George Maguire
    • Funeral Director
    Kristina Robbins
    • Terry's Bowling 'Date'
    Katherine Copenhaver
    • Nick's Bowling 'Date'
    Gary Brickman
    • Drug Dealer
    Nina Peschcke-Koedt
    • Psychic
    Orril Fluharty
    • Priest
    Michael Halton
    • Liquor Store Clerk
    • Director
      • Finn Taylor
    • Writers
      • Finn Taylor(story) (screenplay)
      • Jeffrey D. Brown(story)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Quotes

      Aunt Elise: Guys, you've got to use the coasters, else we're no better than the animals.

    • Crazy credits
      No dreams or fishes were harmed in the making of this movie.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Face/Off/Dream with the Fishes/Head Above Water/The Last Time I Committed Suicide/When the Cat's Away (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      El Diablo En El Ojos
      Written and Performed by Tindersticks, Stuart Staples

      Used by permission of Polygram Music

      Courtesy of London Records/Polygram Records

    User reviews30

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Content over form
    I hope you are all as tired as I am of seeing the same repetition of trite films that we are bombarded with. Your local blockbuster new release wall is a shrine full of such poor excuses for film making. When you have a medium so rich and so full of posibilites it is sad to have to suffer through such recycled garbage or non stop toilet humor. This film does neither. This is a movie that for a change explores something that should be meaningful to all of us, life. It does not do it in a cynical and overly oh I am trying to be clever way like The Last Supper. Rather this film has a philosophy and does not cop out like say City of Angels where Nicholas Cage decides who cares if God doesn't care as long as I can go swimming naked. Sure the actors are not the best but then Top Flight actors do not play peeping Tom perverts or dying hill billies for the most part. What you do get is a good story that is worth your while. It is listed as a comedy but film's like this defy genre because it is a story. It is a story with its own points and messages that is not carefully placed into a three act dramatic structure. Go watch October Sky if you want heart warming.
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    • Aug 22, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 20, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Balıklar ve rüyalar
    • Filming locations
      • San Mateo, California, USA
    • Production company
      • 3 Ring Circus Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $543,708
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $31,777
      • Jun 22, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $543,708
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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