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The Dream Catcher

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An abandoned teen jumps a freight train from Philadelphia to Indiana in search of his uncle in hope he will help him with financial difficulties. He meets a homeless teen in Ohio and they find his uncle who is equally broke. The two teens head to Oklahoma in search of his ex-con father.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/15/2004
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Peculiarly American in perspective. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/07/2010 Incredible. Moving, real, and thoughtfully told See more 09/23/2010 Interesting, not riveting. The acting is well done, the script & story is barely enough to keep you watching to the end (which could have been better). Still if your bored and cant be bothered lifting your bum off the couch then this will suffice for 90 mins :) See more 06/19/2010 This film-fest fave is a deeply felt, if occasionally amateurish, journey through some very affecting terrain. See more 08/13/2009 this movie was pretty freaken crazy See more 04/28/2009 How Scary can a movie Be! See more 01/03/2009 not really as thought provoking as one might expect, but still worth a watch! See more Read all reviews
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Edward A. Radtke

Director

Maurice Compte

Freddy

Paddy Connor

Albert

Jeanne Heaton

Katherine

Larry John Meyers

Freddy's Uncle

Joseph Arthur

Freddy's Father
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Synopsis An abandoned teen jumps a freight train from Philadelphia to Indiana in search of his uncle in hope he will help him with financial difficulties. He meets a homeless teen in Ohio and they find his uncle who is equally broke. The two teens head to Oklahoma in search of his ex-con father.
Director
Edward A. Radtke
Producer
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Peter Wentworth
Distributor
Wellspring Media
Production Co
Independent Feature Project, Sundance Channel, Transparent Films, Time Warner Cable, Film Society of Lincoln Center
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 8, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 18, 2017
Runtime
1h 33m
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