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Dreamscape

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Selfish teen Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is coerced into joining a government project in which psychics like him are trained to enter others' dreams. He starts learning to use his abilities to do good, but before long, a new official, Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer), seizes control of the project. A writer (George Wendt) helps Alex uncover Blair's true motives, which involve assassination via dreams. Soon, only Alex and a beautiful scientist (Kate Capshaw) stand in the way of something terrible.
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Dreamscape mixes several genres -- horror, sci-fi, action -- and always maintains a sense of adventure and humor.

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Variety 05/30/2007
Film [from a screen story by David Loughery] centers on 'dreamlinking', the psychic projection of one person's consciousness into a sleeping person's subconscious, or his dreams. If that sounds far-fetched, it is. Go to Full Review Time Out 01/26/2006
This is as good a piece of solid, down-the-line schlock as anything to come along since Halloween III. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
3/4
Most movies that try to crowd so much into an hour and a half end up looking like a shopping list, but Dreamscape works, maybe because it has a sense of humor. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 05/08/2023
3/4
A typically exuberant fantasy flick from the ’80s. Go to Full Review Alan Jones Starburst 08/02/2022
An engaging if workmanlike paranoia fantasy. Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 09/23/2021
3/5
...too violent for kids, and too silly for adults... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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D P Aug 12 I think I became aware of this movie because of Inception, and someone may have mentioned that this was a predecessor. I definitely see that being the case. However, this did not stand the test of time. Very cool concept, though. See more Gray R May 31 Fascinating and riveting. This one would be great done in a modern remake even though the special effects were dynamite. See more The Movie Nerd 09/04/2024 I would never would want to be a psychic and want to go into dreams from people I work with. Haven't seen this since the 90s. Got to love the 80s Synthesizer score. Tubi has this listed as a horror movie but it's more of a suspense thriller with a little horror I guess. I do love me some Max Con Sydow. Definitely pushing the PG-13 rating. Kinda cool practical effects on certain scenes . Interesting concept of Dennis Quaid being psychic and going into people nightmares to help them sleep. It's a 5.3/10 just ok movie. Definitely the poster is so misleading this isn't a knock off Indiana Jones movie at all. See more Ari V 06/25/2024 Extra marks for some rather bold statements made here. Despite the somewhat schlocky exterior. An 'if you know, you know' type of thing. If you don't, this probably won't mean much to you. See more Steve D 08/24/2023 Nightmare on Elm Street as an action film. Not as good but fun. See more Jason D 07/31/2023 How do audiences give this a rotten score? So innovative for its time. Dreamscape walked so Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Inception could run! See more Read all reviews
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Joseph Ruben

Director

Dennis Quaid

Alex Gardner

Kate Capshaw

Jane DeVries

Max von Sydow

Doctor Paul Novotny

Christopher Plummer

Bob Blair

Eddie Albert

The President

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Synopsis Selfish teen Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is coerced into joining a government project in which psychics like him are trained to enter others' dreams. He starts learning to use his abilities to do good, but before long, a new official, Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer), seizes control of the project. A writer (George Wendt) helps Alex uncover Blair's true motives, which involve assassination via dreams. Soon, only Alex and a beautiful scientist (Kate Capshaw) stand in the way of something terrible.
Director
Joseph Ruben
Producer
Bruce Cohn Curtis
Screenwriter
Joseph Ruben, David Loughery
Production Co
Bella Productions
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 21, 2016
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Surround
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