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Subject: Dreamscape
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Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 10:49:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 16 10:49:14 1984
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From:  Dave Mankins 

Saw ``Dreamscape'' last night.  A wonderful science-fiction movie
speculating on what would happen if a psychic could enter into a
person's dreams (as a participant).  Stars Dennis Quaid (one of
the astronauts in ``The Right Stuff''), Max von Sydow, and Kate
Capshaw (gosh, she really can act, not just scream helplessly,
what a pleasant surprise).

The dream sequences are especially good, with just the right
amount of eerie-dreaminess to them.  The characters are good and
believable, and the events of the movie, given the premise of
"dream-linking", are good.  In fact, having seen the movie, I can
recall very few flaws, and thinking about the movie afterward, I
haven't thought, "Why did they have to do that?  Why didn't they
just..."

And the best part: NO CUTE FURRY CREATURES WITH BIG EYES.  The
characters in this movie earn your adulation (or distaste)
instead of coming with handy labels of "good guy" or "bad guy".
There is a cute kid, but he has a real problem, and he's only
around to establish the character that Dennis Quaid plays. 

Go see it.  Show those Hollywood executives that a real SF movie
can do well.