Dreamscape is a 1984 science fiction film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by David Loughery, with Chuck Russell and Ruben co-writing.

Synopsis

The premise of the film is a U.S. government-funded project to train psychics to enter other people's dreams. Initially a clinic to diagnose and treat sleep disorders, particularly in the form of nightmares, the project goes awry when the President of the United States is admitted as a patient, and sinister agents use the President's nightmares in an attempt to have him assassinated. The hero, Alex Gardner (Quaid), aided by Jane DeVries (Capshaw) uses his psychic gifts to save the day. The dream sequences include special effects, in particular a large snakeman and nuclear apocalyptic scenes. A subplot of the film follows the love interest between Gardner and DeVries.

Cast

• Dennis Quaid
• Max von Sydow
• Christopher Plummer
• David Patrick Kelly
• Kate Capshaw
• George Wendt
• Eddie Albert
• Chris Mulkey

Trivia

• The theatrical release of the film in certain U.S. cities (e.g. Tucson, Arizona) included a glaring editing error where two takes of the same scene were shown back-to-back. In both versions, Plummer's character enters the dormitory bedroom of Kelly's character and Kelly's character angrily speaks to Plummer. In the first version, which lasts about five-to-seven seconds, Kelly's character ended the take using the f-word. In the second version, the f-word was replaced with a mild adjective. Subsequent video and DVD versions of the film contain only the tamer version of the scene.
• Dreamscape was the third film, after The Flamingo Kid and Red Dawn, to receive the PG-13 rating under the MPAA rating system, although because of a delay in the release of The Flamingo Kid, Dreamscape was actually the second film released with that rating.
• Ranked #93 on Rotten Tomatoes' Journey Through Sci-Fi (100 Best-Reviewed Sci-Fi Movies)

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