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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305869108
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305869103
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 06, 2000
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 32563
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: August 15, 1984
Editorial Review:
Description:
The President of the United States is about to be assassinated in a dream where there is no morning after. Only one man can save him--a man who must plunge himself into the President's horrendous nightmare. Dennis Quaid stars as Alex Gardner, a psychically gifted young man recruited to help Dr. Paul Novotny (Max Von Sydow) and the beautiful Dr. Jane DeVries (Kate Capshaw) in an experiment to help patients disturbed by menacing nocturnal illusions. But corrupt high-ranking government official Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer) has darker plans for Alex's unusual powers. Soon Alex is propelled inside the President's nightmare, a frightening wasteland of nuclear holocaust, and locked in a fantastic battle that could only happen in a dream. This action-packed science fiction adventure will excite and thrill you with its unusual journey through the mind's most terrifying recesses.
Audio Commentary by the Producer, Writer and Special Effects Artist - Special Effects Make-Up Making Of - Production Stills 16X9 - 1.85:1 - Color - English - 5.1 Dolby Digital, 5.1 DTS
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Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is a talented young psychic who's frittering his gifts away betting on the ponies. That is, until he's coerced by his old pal and mentor Dr. Paul Novotny (Max von Sydow) into taking part in a dream research project in which his psychic abilities make him indispensable. The project concerns 'dreamlinking,' whereby talented individuals like Alex hook up via electrodes and project themselves into some troubled subject's nightmares, in which they not only observe but participate in the dream, hopefully effecting some remedy. Alex is by nature a feckless guy, a charismatic scoundrel sporting a Cheshire cat's grin. But he warms easily to his new role as dream-dwelling psychotherapist, having a core of decency. Not so his nemesis, Tommy Ray Glatman (David Patrick Kelly), a dreamlink prodigy and pawn of Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer), who runs the research project for the government (he's described as the 'head of covert intelligence'). Blair is worried about the President (Eddie Albert), whose nightmares of nuclear holocaust cause him to escalate disarmament talks with the Russians, much to Blair's dismay, being your basic evil, slick, smarmy covert kind of guy. Turns out Blair's real aim is to use the project to train dreamlink assassins, his star pupil being psycho Tommy Ray and his test case the President. Only Alex is there to stop them.
Dreamscape is all business, with a well-structured screenplay that lays the groundwork for the film's many admirable performances. Kate Capshaw in particular is very dreamy as a research scientist and Dennis Quaid's love interest. And David Patrick Kelly is likely to become your worst nightmare, especially when he's the Snakeman, giving an often fantastical performance. But what you're most likely to remember from this wonderful thriller is the many vivid dream sequences, aptly surreal images from the troubled psyche. --Jim Gay
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Lucid Dream adventures...
Alex Gardner was born with certain "talents" - a telepathic genius - able to manipulate the conscious mind. But it is not until he is approached with an offer to further parapsychology that he learns just how profound his abilities can fathom.
Living a life of mundane concerns*, at the behest of Dr. Novotny {Max Von Sydow}, he returns to his former life engaging in psychical research to further the efforts of the mind to tap the abyssal subconscious, projecting into others' dreams, in ... Read More
Rating:  - Dreamscape Is Pure Escapsim
A mild classic little film that I was happy to rediscover while DVD surfing here on Amazon. Although this film is somewhat dated, it still holds up well enough today. The dream sequences are wild and fanciful so the effects there work quite well except for the stop-action effects that while good, are very dated. They will remind you of the classic works of that early special effects pioneer Ray Harryhuasen (misspelled???). Anyhow, he did films like "Clash of the Titans" which is another fun, but ... Read More
Rating: - A Thrilling Sci Fi Picture
The photo makes one think of Indiana Jones (and Kate Capshaw, who was in "Temple Of Doom", is a good reason for the comparison), but this is more science fiction. It deals with psychics who are able to enter people's dreams. This puts it into the category of true science fiction, speculating possibilities, their benefits, and their dangers.
Dennis Quaid does an excellent job as a con man with an exceptional ability. Max Van Sydow is just as good as his mentor. Christopher Plummer makes ... Read More
Rating: - It's been along time since I've seen this one.
I enjoyed being able to see this movie again.
Rating:  - altered
i love this movie, however, for some reason, someone has decided to edit all of the romantic scenes, brief nudity, etc. from the dvd version. if that isn't bad enough, they don't tell you that it has been altered from it's original content. i bought this dvd thinking i was getting the original that i loved only to get a chopped up version. rotten deal!
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