Dreamscape (1984)

Director:

Joseph Ruben

Writers:

David Loughery (story)
David Loughery (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

15 August 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

Alex Gardner has an extraordinary gift. To keep it may cost him his life...

Plot:

A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people's dreams, with some mechanical help...

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Psychic | Heart | Nightmare | Helicopter

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

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
Cory 'Bumper' Yothers	...	Buddy
Redmond Gleeson	...	Snead
Peter Jason	...	Babcock
Chris Mulkey	...	Finch
Jana Taylor	...	Mrs. Webber
Madison Mason	...	Fred Schoenstein
Kendall Carly Browne	...	Mrs. Matusik
Kate Charleson	...	President's Daughter
Eric Gold	...	Tommy Ray's Father
Virginia Kiser	...	President's Wife
Carl Strano	...	Edward Simms
Brian Libby	...	McClaren
Bob Terhune	...	Dobbs
Fred M. Waugh	...	Bill Hardy
Timothy Blake	...	Mrs. Blair
Carey Fox	...	Tech Aide #1
Marii Mak	...	Tech Aide #2
Claudia Lowe	...	Tech Aide #3
Anna Chavez	...	Newswoman
Ben Kronen	...	Train Conductor
John Malone	...	Trolley Conductor
Mindi Iden	...	Waitress
Betty Kean	...	Grandma
Trent Dolan	...	Desk Guard
Andrew Boyer	...	Webber's Brother
George Caldwell	...	Buddy's Father
Ernest Harada	...	Gardener
Tina Greenberg	...	Nurse
Alan Buchdahl	...	Track Announcer
Larry Cedar	...	The Snakeman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Helen Kelly	...	Girl at the racetrack (uncredited)
Missy Laws	...	Lounge Customer #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Joseph Ruben

Writing credits
David Loughery		(story)
David Loughery		(screenplay) &
Chuck Russell		(screenplay) &
Joseph Ruben		(screenplay)

Produced by
Bruce Cohn Curtis	....	producer
Tom Curtis	....	executive producer
Chuck Russell	....	associate producer
Jerry Tokofsky	....	co-producer
Stanley R. Zupnik	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by
Brian Tufano		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Richard Halsey

Casting by
Johanna Ray

Art Direction by
R. Clifford Searcy		(co-art director) (as Clifford Searcy)
Jeff Staggs

Costume Design by
Linda M. Bass

Makeup Department
Richard Arrington	....	assistant makeup artist
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup
David Robert Cellitti	....	special makeup effects artist
Francesca Maxwell	....	makeup artist
David B. Miller	....	special makeup effects
Craig Reardon	....	special makeup
Brian Wade	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Daves	....	first assistant director
Robert J. Doherty	....	second assistant director (as Bob Doherty)
Jerry Ketcham	....	additional second assistant director
Thomas Lofaro	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ed Callahan	....	set dresser
Elliot Ellentuck	....	construction coordinator
Bob Fox	....	lead painter
Leslie Fredrickson	....	carpenter
Mike Fredrickson	....	lead carpenter
David L. Glazer	....	property master (as David Glazer)
Mark 'Digger' Green	....	assistant props (as Mark Green)
Richard K. Hummel	....	set dresser
Jeff Knight	....	construction foreman
Len Morganti	....	visual effects art director
Escott O. Norton	....	set construction
Christof	....	set constructor (uncredited)

Sound Department
John K. Adams	....	sound editor
Max Bell	....	sound stereo consultant: Dolby
Barbara J. Boguski	....	sound editor (as Barbara Boguski)
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer
Neil Brody	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joseph D. Citarella	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Joe Citarella)
Kirk Francis	....	sound mixer
Devon Heffley Curry	....	adr supervisor (as Devon Heffley)
Hudson B. Marquez	....	boom operator (as Hudson Marquez)
Hoppy Mehterian	....	adr recordist
Troy Porter	....	sound recordist
John Post	....	foley artist
Steve Rice	....	dialogue editor
Richard D. Rogers	....	foley recordist (as Richard Rogers)
Charles Ewing Smith	....	sound effects editor
David E. Stone	....	sound editor
Kendrick Sweet	....	sound editor (as Ken Sweet)
Susumu Tokunow	....	sound mixer (as Susumu Tokonow)
Douglas Vaughan	....	boom operator
David Lewis Yewdall	....	supervising sound editor (as David Yewdall)

Special Effects by
Jim Doyle	....	mechanical effects
John Eggett	....	special effects coordinator
Craig Reardon	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Jim Aupperle	....	stop-motion visual effects supervisor
James Belohovek	....	miniature constructor
Beverly Bernacki	....	optical lineup
Stephen Czerkas	....	stop-motion crew
Ernest D. Farino	....	stop-motion crew
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist
James Hagedorn	....	optical printer operator (as James R. Hagedorn)
Pete Kozachik	....	stop-motion crew
Peter Kuran	....	visual effects creator
Kevin Kutchaver	....	special photography
Linda Obalil	....	stop-motion crew
R.J. Robertson	....	rotoscope animation
Jerome Seven	....	effects stage photography
Susan Turner	....	miniature supervisor (as Susan K. Turner)
Jacqueline Zietlow	....	production administration: VCE (as Jackie Zietlow)
Stephen Czerkas	....	snakeman model builder (uncredited)

Stunts
Bobby Bass	....	stunts
Gary Combs	....	stunts
Justin De Rosa	....	stunts
Richard Elmore	....	stunts
James W. Gavin	....	stunt pilot (as Jim Gavin)
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as James Halty)
Chris Howell	....	stunts
Jeff Imada	....	stunts
Bobby Porter	....	stunts (as Bobby Parker)
Mic Rodgers	....	stunts (as Mick Rodgers)
Jan Michael Shultz	....	stunts (as Jan M. Shultz)
Frank James Sparks	....	stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunt double: Eddie Albert (uncredited)
Mic Rodgers	....	stunt double: Dennis Quaid (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ray Bilger	....	electrician
Scott Buttfield	....	electrician
Bruce Byall	....	grip
Steve Crawford	....	electrician
Peter Davidian	....	electrician
Cicero De Moraes	....	electrician
Paul Edwards	....	additional assistant camera
M.J. Elliott	....	still photographer
Paul Elliott	....	first assistant camera
Michael Everett	....	best boy electrician
Steven Finestone	....	second assistant camera (as Steve Finestone)
Robert Fischer	....	best boy grip (as Bob Fischer)
Warren Burke Gerrard	....	electrician (as Warren Gerrard)
James J. Gilson	....	gaffer: second unit (as James Gilson)
Aloma Ichinose	....	still photographer
Jack Johnson	....	key grip
Matia Karrell	....	electrician
Jordan Klein Sr.	....	underwater director of photography
Joe Maxwell	....	electrician
Kory Mills	....	lighting technician
Roland Parra	....	electrician
Ben Roscolene	....	key grip
Ward Russell	....	gaffer
Gary Thieltges	....	camera operator: second unit
Ron Veto	....	dolly grip
Ronald Veto	....	camera grip
Lynda Weinman	....	animation camera (as Linda Weinman)
Jonathan Woolf	....	best boy grip
Jeff Zimmerman	....	additional assistant camera

Animation Department
Stephen Berg	....	assistant animator
Chris Casady	....	animator
Ann Ducommun	....	assistant animator
Edward T. Manning	....	chief animator (as Edward Manning)
Bruce Woodside	....	animator
Kevin Kutchaver	....	animator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Susie DeSanto	....	wardrobe supervisor
Elizabeth Gower	....	wardrobe: second unit (as Liz Beth Gower)
Randon Meyn	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Lorenzo DeStefano	....	associate film editor
Julie Feiner	....	assistant editor
Michael Fottrell	....	post-production coordinator
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein	....	negative cutter (as Mary Nelson)
Barbara Slifka	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
David Angel	....	musician
John Elizalde	....	music supervisor (as Jon Elizalde)
Craig Hundley	....	music recording mixer
Craig Hundley	....	musician
Michel Mention	....	musician
Charles Paley	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Steve Hellerstein	....	transportation captain
Larry White	....	driver: honeywagon

Other crew
Julie Ahlberg	....	production coordinator (as Julie Bilson Ahlberg)
Kimberly Bellman	....	craft service
Michael J. Dill	....	production assistant
Patricia Frazier	....	craft service
Rebecca Greeley	....	production secretary
Joe Hornok	....	animal trainer (as Joseph R. Hornok)
Craig Hundley	....	synthesizer programmer
Maurice Jarre	....	synthesizer programmer
John Robert Jenings	....	animal trainer
David Kippen	....	craft service
Karen Kuebler	....	assistant auditor
Peter Kuran	....	title designer: main titles
Coni Lancaster	....	assistant production coordinator
Michel Mention	....	synthesizer programmer
Karl Lewis Miller	....	animal trainer
Monique Minyon	....	production assistant
Rip Murray	....	production assistant
Amy Rabins	....	production executive
Daniel Schott	....	assistant to producer
Dale Tate	....	title designer
Cami Taylor	....	production associate (as Cami Dempsey Taylor)
Suzanne Waite	....	production assistant
Kathryn Zatarga	....	script supervisor (as Kathy Zatarga)
Dennis Tracy	....	stand-in: Eddie Albert (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises
• Bella Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Thorn EMI (1984) (UK) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Image Entertainment (1998) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Manga Films (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• VTI Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2000) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• A&A Special Effects
• Court Wizard Special Effects
• Dream Quest Images (matte paintings) (as Dreamquest Images)
• Special Effects Unlimited
• VCE (effects facilities provided by)

Other Companies

• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  titles and opticals (as CFI)
• Dick Brooks Unlimited  publicity
• Dream Quest Images  matte paintings (as Dreamquest Images)
• Nancy Mott Casting  extras casting
• Ryder Sound Services  music re-recorded at

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Iceland:16 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2000) (uncut) | UK:15 (cut) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | West Germany:16 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Alamitos Racetrack - 4961 Katella Avenue, Los Alamitos, California, USA

Company:

Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises

Trivia:

Dennis Quaid was the first and only choice for Alex Gardner, after the producers loved his dedication for the role and the project during it's pre-production stage.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During the dream sequence at the end of the film, the camera crew is reflected in the wall as Blair rounds the corner to the elevator.

Quotes:

Tommy Ray Glatman: Help me, Help me! There he is! He's the one who pushed the button. He did this to you!
[shouting]
Tommy Ray Glatman: He did this to you! He did this to you!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Xiao sheng meng jing hun (1987)

Soundtrack:

Baby, Can't We Take It Home

Enjoyable fantasy.

Entertaining tale where Quaid plays a man able to enter other peoples dreams via cutting edge technology but soon ends up in hot water in a political conspiracy to kill the president.

Shares a lot in common with similar films released around the same time (Brainstorm, The Dead Zone) but manages to hold it's own with familiar faces and a fair paced script despite it's more lightweight tone.