Dream a Little Dream (1989)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Marc Rocco

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Jay Franklin (story)
Daniel Jay Franklin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 March 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

With dreams like these who needs reality?

Plot:

Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an...

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Teen | First Part | Gun | High School

Cast

Corey Feldman	...	Bobby Keller
Corey Haim	...	Dinger
Jason Robards	...	Coleman Ettinger
Piper Laurie	...	Gena Ettinger
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Ike Baker
Meredith Salenger	...	Lainie Diamond
William McNamara	...	Joel
Ria Pavia	...	Maureen
Lala Sloatman	...	Shelley (as Lala)
Laura Lee Norton	...	Marge
John Ward	...	Derek
Matt Adler	...	Dumas
Josh Evans	...	Low Life #1
Jody Smith	...	Low Life #2
Kent Faulcon	...	Low Life #3

Also Known As:

Long Before Tomorrow (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Iceland:L | USA:Approved (video rating) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

New Hanover High School - 1307 Market Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Lightning Pictures

Trivia:

One of five body-swap movies all released around the same time. The others were Like Father Like Son (1987), 18 Again! (1988), Big (1988), and Vice Versa (1988).

Quotes:

Bobby Keller: Dinger, wake up. I gotta tell ya something.
Dinger: Bobby, I'm sleeping. Sound asleep. I'm dreaming... dreaming of Apache women.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Getting That Girl (2010)

Soundtrack:

YOU'D BETTER WAIT

The Best Two Coreys Film

While the latter 1980s were absolutely gagged with lame body-switching comedies like the listless Vice Versa and Like Father, Like Son, I found something entirely different and actually inspiring in Dream a Little Dream. Buoyed by strong performances, Dream is not at all what you'd expect it would be. Much to my surprise, it is actually a smart, witty, intelligent and touching look at old age and adolecence by way of new age philosophy. Corey Feldman gives one of his best performances, and no, that's not a joke, and Haim is never better anywhere than he is in his small role as the oddball best friend Dinger. Obviously it didn't hurt to have a three time Oscar nominee like the late, great Jason Robards on board. This movie really does have something for everyone, and I'm being a hundred percent serious. So many "oh so serious" types like to bash movies like this, but I'm a writer, and I love good, interesting movies, and I truly see this as one of them. What a terrific, quirky little gem produced by the Two Coreys before midnight, January 1st, 1990 when their careers suddenly spiralled down the toilet. Funny, touching, and utterly enjoyable.