Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Plummer, Dennis Quaid, Max Von Sydow
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 4, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006Z2KFC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,845 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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DREAMSCAPE - DVD Movie

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As good or better then I remembered it, May 19, 2010

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S. Marcus "pdtpoet" (Valhalla, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreamscape (DVD)

I saw this movie when it first came out in 1984, when I was 38, and it made a huge impression on me and I finally bought this copy. I was not disappointed. Despite having just seen Avatar, and replete with CGI overdosing from films like Star Trek, the effects in Dreamscape, though dated, are extremely powerful and well done. The story is still modern, and the technology to achieve it seems just around the corner. The cast is wonderful and the pace well done. Dreamscape should be a sci-fi classic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great writing and tension, precursor for Inception, October 15, 2010

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Retro Artist, Tina Schmidt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamscape (DVD)

I saw this movie when it first came out. I liked it and found it had great writing and acting, well casted, and looking back, it WAS a great movie for the times. Everything in the 80's was big; big guns, big muscles, big hair, big mouths and foul language. This was one of the few movies that had some intelligence put into it for the times and instead of having millions of sense-draining special effects, it relied on very few graphic special effects and just good ol' directing and decent writing. The only part I felt was 'weak' was some of the dream sequencing. Because our dreams can seem more real and vivid than real life, and because of the very serious nature of the dreams in the lives of these characters, I would have embellished the dream sequences a bit more. Seems like they were lacking a bit more detail. But coming from a background as a Hollywood production background development artist, I would notice things that maybe some people wouldn't give a patoot about. So ignore my comments about the lack of detail in the dream staging of this movie if backgrounds are of no interest.

The acting is great and the writing is great. Nice to see a movie come out of the 80's that wasn't all sex, violence, and foul language - and yet can keep audiences interested through the tension much like a Hitchcock movie. It is understated on the surface but hits you with powerful surprises to keep you intrigued every step of the way.

Yesturday's audiences were not as anesthetized of their senses like today's audiences. With all the Fx, graphics, and digital computerized effects that comes with movies like "Inception", I still didn't find "Inception" as interesting or written as well as this movie Dreamscape. Dreamscape was the FIRST to explore what it would be like to make rescue operations while in the dream state and it was accomplished in a very believable way. And the characters in Dreamscape didn't need drugs and medication to be induced to get their job done. Seems like today's audiences can't believe the supernatural without some kind of drugs or physical manipulation explanation for everything. With all of our technology and special effects and computerization sensationalizations up to our eyeballs, no wonder there is a lack of appreciation for good intelligent writing which relied on our imagination instead of having everything explained to us like children. Dreamscape is an excellent move and after 26 years of watching movies, it still stands out in my mind as worthy entertainment value. It keeps you on the edge all the way through!

Also, another excellently written and directed movie is "Frequency". It is another very well written movie and keeps you guessing and on edge till the very end!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dreams can be deadly... Good sci-fi action..., July 5, 2010

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Betty L. Dravis "BETTY DRAVIS, author/reviewer" (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreamscape (DVD)

I missed this movie in 1984 when it first came out; too busy raising the kids, I suspect. I've always admired Dennis Quaid's versatility and since I just saw him in the humorous role of Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire!, I didn't switch channels when this came on TV.

I'm also a big fan of the newer high-tech special effects, so wanted to compare "yesterday" with the great graphics of today. I wasn't disappointed because I think the effects were quite dynamic for that era. I enjoyed the way the characters traveled back and forth between dreams and reality; I was properly horrified. The scenes were eerie, frightening, and fast-paced, just the way I like my action.

Good acting from Quaid, a psychic who gets involved in a government dream study where scientists Kate Capshaw and Max Von Sydow are wiring telepathic people into dreams of troubled people. Quaid refuses to join them at first, but wants to help a young boy get over his nightmares, so agrees to go into his mind. The intent of the program is to help people, but a corrupt government man (Christopher Plummer) has more sinister intentions. That's the general gist of the story...

I thought the premise was fascinating, building in tension as the movie progressed. The action scenes were fast-paced, scary and realistic (that snake monster actually made me cringe). The weak points in the movie were that some of the dialogue seemed too "canned" and some scenes weren't shot at quality camera angles.

Overall, I really enjoyed Dreamscape; it was time well spent. If you like sci-fi action, you'll like it too.

Reviewed by Betty Dravis, July 5, 2010
Author of "Dream Reachers" (with Chase Von) and other books