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:

Four days before filming, Corey Haim broke his leg and Dinger's character had to be rewritten to include the injury. While his actual cast was removed during filming, he had to wear a fake one for the remainder of the production. In the movie Dinger says that his mother hit him with her car. In real life, Haim broke his leg while trying to teach his mom how to drive a motorbike. She couldn't use the breaks well yet and ran into the side of a building, breaking her nose and Corey's leg.

Quotes:

Bobby Keller: You were expecting Freddy Krueger?
Coleman Ettinger: Who's that?
Bobby Keller: Forget it, it's before your time.

Movie Connections:

References The Lost Boys (1987)

Soundtrack:

YOUNG AT HEART

A strange, but funny family film.

The third film to feature both Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, this time Feldman is the lead, and Haim gets to play the second fiddle character. Feldman plays Bobby, who likes to take a short cut through an old man's yard. One day, he gets into a bike accident in the middle of the night in his yard with his future love interest (Meredith Salenger). When Bobby awakes he realizes that he is in the old man's body. Haim of course dosen't believe it and frequently says his usual sarcastic lines while William McNamara plays a high school jock who is kind of the on-and-off bully/friend to Bobby. Of course we can't forget the list of veteran actors in the film, we have Academy Award winners Jason Robards and Piper Laurie playing the elderly couple, character actor Harry Dean Stanton plays the weird neighbor and TV veteran actress Susan Blakely also has a small cameo role. I liked the film and the hard rock in roll music in the film is a blast! It can be a little hard to follow and confussing at times, but it's a fine family film.