In Dreams
You don't have to sleep to dream
1999 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Neil Jordan |
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| Writer: | Neil Jordan, Bruce Robinson, Bari Wood |
| Staring: |
| A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 15, 1999 |
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| Director: | Neil Jordan |
| Writer: | Neil Jordan, Bruce Robinson, Bari Wood |
| Genres: | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, suicide attempt, dreams, kidnapping, murder, serial killer |
| Production Companies | DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Stephen Woolley Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $12,017,369
Budget: $30,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Annette Bening | Claire Cooper |
| Aidan Quinn | Paul Cooper |
| Stephen Rea | Doctor Silverman |
| Robert Downey Jr. | Vivian Thompson |
| Paul Guilfoyle | Detective Jack Kay |
| Dennis Boutsikaris | Doctor Stevens |
| Krystal Benn | Ruby |
| Lonnie Farmer | Nurse Rosco |
| Margo Martindale | Nurse Floyd |
| Pamela Payton-Wright | Ethel |
| Katie Sagona | Rebecca Cooper |
| Geoffrey Wigdor | Vivian Thompson - As Teenager |
| Prudence Wright Holmes | Mary |
| Kathleen Langlois | Snow White |
| Jennifer Berry | Hunter |
| Emma J. Brown | Dwarf |
| Jennifer Dragon | Dwarf |
| Samantha Kelly | Dwarf |
| Jennifer Caine Natenshon | Dwarf |
| Bethany M. Paquin | Dwarf |
| Erica Sullivan | Dwarf |
| Amelia Claire Novotny | Prince |
| Kristin Sroka | Wicked Stepmother |
| Robert E. Walsh | Man at School Play |
| Denise Cormier | Woman at School Play |
| John Fiore | Policeman |
| Ken Cheeseman | Paramedic |
| Devon Cole Borisoff | Vivian Thompson - As Boy |
| June Lewin | Kindly Nurse |
| Dorothy Dwyer | Foster Mother |
| Wally Dunn | Walter |
| Eric Roemele | Security Man - 1970's |
| Dossy Peabody | Vivian's Mother |
| John Michael Vaughn | Helicopter Pilot |
| Brian Goodman | Policeman in Squad Car |
| Michael Cavanaugh | Judge (voice) |
| Pete | Dobie |
| Robert Harrell | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Alan Francis Sullivan | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Dee Nelson | Teacher (uncredited) |
| Mylan Janoplis | Diver (uncredited) |
| Eric Bruno Borgman | Man Trapped in Car (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Neil Jordan | Director, Screenplay |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Jery Hewitt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Eliza Coleman | Stunts |
| Jennifer Lamb | Stunts |
| Bruce Robinson | Screenplay |
| Darius Khondji | Director of Photography |
| Elliot Goldenthal | Original Music Composer, Orchestrator |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Jeffrey Kurland | Costume Design |
| Matthias Gohl | Music Producer |
| Bill Anagnos | Stunts |
| Robin Bonaccorsi | Stunts |
| Peter Bucossi | Stunts |
| Danny Downey | Stunts |
| Peter Epstein | Stunts |
| Roy Farfel | Stunts |
| Don Hewitt Sr. | Stunts |
| Donald John Hewitt | Stunts |
| Kurt D. Lott | Stunts |
| Jodi Michelle Pynn | Stunts |
| Christo Morse | Second Assistant Director |
| François Duhamel | Still Photographer |
| Carolyn Pickman | Location Casting |
| Leslie Shatz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer |
| Paul Massey | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert Elhai | Orchestrator |
| Bari Wood | Novel |
| Martin Laing | Art Direction |
| Bill 'Splat' Johnson | Makeup Effects |
| Richard L. Blackwell | Stunts |
| Andrew Dupin | Stunts |
| Gene Harrison | Stunts |
| Steve Mack | Stunts |
| Janet Paparazzo | Stunts |
| Michael Russo | Stunts |
| Patrick Clayton | First Assistant Director |
| Alec Hirschfeld | "B" Camera Operator |
| Jerry DeBlau | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Chris Centrella | Key Grip |
| Tim Driscoll | Grip |
| Edward 'Tantar' LeViseur | Assistant Property Master |
| Ron Colucci | Special Effects Technician |
| Dawn Y. Line | Costume Supervisor |
| Winsome G. McKoy | Set Costumer |
| Matiki Anoff | Makeup Artist |
| Jacqueline Payne | Hairstylist |
| Maria DeVane | Post Production Accountant |
| George Jenson | Storyboard Artist |
| Jeffrey DeBell | Set Dresser |
| John Grimolizzi | Construction Foreman |
| Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Norman Douglass | Stunts |
| David Paul Lord | Stunts |
| John Patrick McLaughlin | Stunts |
| Susan Purkhiser | Stunts |
| Keith Siglinger | Stunts |
| Josh Blakeslee | Camera Loader |
| Robin Squibb | Script Supervisor |
| Peter Girolami | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Dean M. King | Best Boy Grip |
| David Larue | Grip |
| Kris Moran | Assistant Property Master |
| Phil H. Fravel | Special Effects Technician |
| Suzanne McCabe | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Shoshana Rubin | Costumer |
| Felice Diamond | Makeup Artist |
| Judy Richter | Production Supervisor |
| Laura Berning | Assistant Location Manager |
| Marty Keener Cherrix | Extras Casting |
| Sarah Jackson Burt | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Theodore Suchecki | Set Dresser |
| Robert Martini | Transportation Captain |
| Jenny Lee Wright | Foley Artist |
| Curtis Roush | Music Editor |
| Bill Coe | First Assistant Camera |
| Matthew Brookman | Electrician |
| Wayne Simpson | Electrician |
| Tony Lawson | Editor |
| Nigel Phelps | Production Design |
| Bill Messina | Makeup Effects |
| Dana Bertolette | Stunts |
| Charles Page | Stunts |
| Nan Bernstein Freed | Unit Production Manager |
| Carl Sprague | Assistant Art Director |
| Jerry Holway | Steadicam Operator |
| Louis Sabat | Boom Operator |
| Richie Ford | Rigging Gaffer |
| Tony Campenni | Dolly Grip |
| David Gulick | Property Master |
| Yves De Bono | Special Effects Supervisor |
| David Hill | Special Effects Technician |
| Debbie Holbrook | Set Costumer |
| Lori Hicks | Key Makeup Artist |
| Aaron F. Quarles | Key Hair Stylist |
| Nicole Furia | Production Accountant |
| Anya Colloff | Casting Assistant |
| Guy Adan | Unit Publicist |
| James V. Kent | Leadman |
| Anthony Dunne | Construction Coordinator |
| Tricia Perrott | Post Production Coordinator |
| Philip Alton | Dialogue Editor |
| Ruth Sullivan | Foley Artist |
| Paul Ensby | Color Grading |
| Marc Hirschfeld | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Kenneth Dodd | Electrician |
| Kim Mozingo | Actor's Assistant |
| Sara Hegarty | Assistant Dialogue Editor |
| Jonathan Sheffer | Conductor |
| Mike Roberts | Camera Operator |
| Adam Gilmore | Second Assistant Camera |
| Thomas C. Nisbet | Electrician |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stephen Woolley | Producer |
| Redmond Morris | Co-Producer |
| Charles Burke | Producer |
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Popularity History
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John Chard
5.0
Stylistic Dirge. In Dreams is directed by Neil Jordan and adapted to screenplay by Jordan and Bruce Robinson from the Bari Wood novel. It stars Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Robert Downey Jr.and Paul Guilfoyle. Music is by Elliot Goldenthal and cinematography by Darius Khondji. In this contrive ... d thriller, Bening is a grief stricken housewife who finds her thoughts in sync with a serial killer (a ridiculously miscast Downey Jr.). Neil Jordan is a great director, but he's also a very frustrating one, case in point In Dreams. The visuals are outstanding here as Jordan and Khondji paint a nightmarish world, but the flashbacks are unfocused and any sense of suspense or plot progression is lost in a whirl of stylised indulgence. Strip away the style and you find a formulaic serial killer picture hiding behind arty farty stubbornness. Bening's performance deserves a better movie, and it is with her, and the visual smarts, that the pic remains of interest till its resolution. 5/10
May 16, 2024