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| Director: | Bernard Rose | 
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| Writer: | Matthew Jacobs, Catherine Storr | 
| Staring: | 
| A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 10, 1988 | 
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| Director: | Bernard Rose | 
| Writer: | Matthew Jacobs, Catherine Storr | 
| Genres: | Fantasy, Drama, Horror | 
| Keywords | dreams, nightmare, lighthouse, disabled child, house, drawing, childhood, imaginary world, dreaming | 
| Production Companies | Working Title Films | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $241,278 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Charlotte Burke | Anna Madden | 
| Ben Cross | Dad | 
| Glenne Headly | Kate Madden | 
| Elliott Spiers | Marc | 
| Gemma Jones | Dr. Sarah Nicols | 
| Steven O'Donnell | Dustman | 
| Jane Bertish | Miss Vanstone | 
| Samantha Cahill | Sharon | 
| Sarah Newbold | Karen | 
| Gary Bleasdale | Policeman | 
| Karen Gledhill | Nurse | 
| Barbara Keogh | Hotel Receptionist | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Stanley Myers | Original Music Composer | 
| Ros Hubbard | Casting | 
| Bernard Rose | Director | 
| Matthew Jacobs | Screenplay | 
| Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer | 
| Pat Aldersley | Third Assistant Director | 
| Sarah Grundy | Hairstylist | 
| Catherine Storr | Novel | 
| Susan Needleman | Casting | 
| Dan Rae | Editor | 
| Frank Walsh | Art Direction | 
| Gareth Milne | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Libbie Barr | Script Supervisor | 
| Waldo Roeg | First Assistant Director | 
| Jenny Shircore | Makeup Supervisor | 
| Mike Southon | Director of Photography | 
| Gemma Jackson | Production Design | 
| Nic Ede | Costume Design | 
| Anne Tilby | Art Direction | 
| Rupert Ryle-Hodges | Second Assistant Director | 
| David Gamble | Assistant Editor | 
| Anna Ksiezopolska | Assistant Editor | 
| Mark Auguste | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Gerry Bates | Boom Operator | 
| Andrew Glen | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Peter Glossop | Sound Recordist | 
| Mark Harris | Sound Assistant | 
| Marvin Slack | Sound Engineer | 
| Ronald Bailey | Sound | 
| Nigel Holland | Sound | 
| Justin Krish | Sound Effects Editor | 
| Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Elaine Ford | Stunts | 
| Stewart Meachem | Wardrobe Master | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Tim Bevan | Producer | 
| Sarah Radclyffe | Producer | 
| Jane Frazer | Associate Producer | 
| Dan Ireland | Executive Producer | 
| M.J. Peckos | Executive Producer | 
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