Dreamcatcher (2003)

Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Writers:

Stephen King (novel), William Goldman (screenplay)

Stars:

Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Morgan Freeman	...	Col. Abraham Curtis
Thomas Jane	...	Henry
Jason Lee	...	Beaver
Damian Lewis	...	Jonesy
Timothy Olyphant	...	Pete
Tom Sizemore	...	Owen
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Duddits
Mikey Holekamp	...	Young Henry
Reece Thompson	...	Young Beaver
Giacomo Baessato	...	Young Jonesy
Joel Palmer	...	Young Pete
Andrew Robb	...	Young Duddits
Eric Keenleyside	...	Rick McCarthy
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Roberta Cavell
Michael O'Neill	...	Gen. Matheson

Storyline

Four childhood friends, Jonesy, Beaver, Pete and Henry all share a special secret. Each year, they take a trip into Maine woods. This year is different. A blizzard occurs, and they recover a man found wandering around. Unbeknownst to them,this wandering individual isn't the only being to be found. Now they must act fast to stop the outbreak developing and to prevent the world from its doom

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | friend | alien | woods | maine | 

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Taglines:

Das Böse findet einen Weg (The evil finds a way)

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, gore and language

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. [Germany] Warner Bros. [UK]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

El cazador de sueños

Filming Locations:

Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$68,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$15,027,423, 23 March 2003, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$33,715,436

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$75,715,436

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castle Rock Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

136 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

To portray Mr. Grey speaking through Jonesy, Damian Lewis did an impression of Malcolm McDowell.

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Goofs

When asked to swear he was telling the truth, the young serviceman gave the Boy Scout "sign" not any salute. Col Curtis (Morgan Freeman) as him to describe Blue Unit, the unit to which the serviceman belongs. He says they operate under the radar, they are not regular army, they do not salute, they do not display rank. When Col Curtis asks him about the incident, he asks the serviceman "Scout honor. Can you raise your hand tell me honestly you know this for a fact?"

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Quotes

Gary 'Jonesy' Jones: Fuck you.
Mr. Gray: I know what that expression means. I've studied the foul language section of your memory warehouse. Rather distasteful, I must say.
Gary 'Jonesy' Jones: How about this, Mr. Gray? Eat shit and die.

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos are covered in snow, while the Castle Rock Entertainment lighthouse beams its light across a lake covered in snow.

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Alternate Versions

SPOILER: The DVD contains the original ending, in which Duddits defeats the alien using a special power, but is NOT revealed to be an alien. He then succumbs to his leukemia and dies. Jonesy and Henry then visit his gravesite in the final scene and sing "Blue Bayou."

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Connections

References The Dead Zone (2002)

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Soundtracks

Mighty Mouse Theme
Written by Philip A. Scheib (as Philip Scheib) & Marshall Barer

User Reviews

So-so

Plot heavy--TOO heavy--horror sci-fi film about 4 friends (Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis) in the Maine woods squaring off against disgusting killer aliens and the Army led by Morgan Freeman and Tom Sizemore.

The film is well-directed by Lawrence Kasdan and well-acted (especially by Jane, Lewis and Olyphant) but there's too many plots going on and the movie rambles on for 135 minutes. I did sit through the whole thing, but I was never really involved or interested.

On the plus side, the special effects are great; the aliens are slimy and disgusting; the attack scenes are brutal (and bloody) and I LOVED the way Kasdan visualized Lewis' mind.

Still, the film has too many plots to handle and it's constantly loosing its focus. Not terrible or unwatchable, just disappointing.

I give it a 6.