In Dreams

Genre: Thriller/Horror.

Studio: Dreamworks SKG.
Production Company: Unknown.

Project Phase: In The Can.

Who's In It: Annette Bening (Claire Cooper); Aidan Quinn (Paul Cooper); Stephen Rea (Dr Silverman); Robert Downey Jr.; Katie Sagona (Rebecca Cooper); Dennis Boutsikaris (Dr. Stephens); Paul Guilfoyle (Jack Kay); Prudence Wright Holmes (Mary); Wally Dunn (Walter).
Who's Making It: Neil Jordan (Director); Bruce Robinson, Neil Jordan (Screenwriters); Stephen Woolley (Producer); Redmond Morris (Co-Producer); Darius Khondji (Director of Photography); Jeffrey Kurland (Costume Designer); Nigel Phelps (Production Designer); Tony Lawson (Editor; Elliot Goldenthal (Musical Score).

Premise: After surviving a tragic car accident a woman begins dreaming she's looking through the eyes of a serial killer.

Release Date: January 15, 1999.

Comments: Unknown.

Rumors: Unknown.

Scoop Feedback:

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January 12, 1999... Neil Jordan is a director with a pretty good track record so far. His The Crying Game film brought him critical and commercial success, which he followed with Interview With the Vampire. Last year Jordan delivered The Butcher Boy, which brought with it much controversy. Now he returns with a major studio release with this picture. What did our reviewer think of In Dreams? Read Eric Lurio's non-spoilered review and find out...

"Sometimes a movie can be downright infuriating. Take this one for example. The performances are far to good for a movie this bad, eeep!

"Claire Cooper (Annette Bening) is an illustrator of children's books living by a reservoir with her husband Paul (Aidan Quinn) and daughter Rebecca (Katie Sagona). Paul is back home from his job as an airline pilot, and Rebecca is in the school play. Everything seems bucolic and lovely. The only problem is that Claire is psychic and keeps having these visions of violence...

"Paul believes she has a gift, and goes to the cops to tell them about what he thinks is a vision of a missing girl, but Detective Jack Kay (Paul Guilfoyle) has already found the corpse. So is Claire crazy?

"Of course not. An evil killer (Robert Downey Jr.), who was chained to a bed when the town under the reservoir was flooded, has managed to forge a psychic link with her.

"Soon Claire realizes what's going on and the bodies begin to pile up. She winds up in the loony bin, where she gets psycic messages and overacts incessently.

"This is basically a one woman show. Sure there are plenty of other actors, but Benning gives the performance of her life, its as if everybody else was mere window dressing. Sure Downey and Quinn are good and Stephen Rea is fine as the shrink but they aren't given much to do except look concerned.

"The film itself is unoriginal and very gory. If you're into slasher flicks this may be for you, but Neil Jordan has failed big time here."

[Review provided by Eric Lurio.]

However, on the opposite end of the scale is this scooper's recommendation of the project based on what they read in Jordan's script of In Dreams: "Read the script and loved it. If they stick to what's written on the page, it should be a hit." [Anonymous.]



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