Movie Cosmos - In Dreams

Description:

A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.

Top Cast >

Annette Bening

As Claire Cooper

Aidan Quinn

As Paul Cooper

Stephen Rea

As Doctor Silverman

Robert Downey Jr.

As Vivian Thompson

Paul Guilfoyle

As Detective Jack Kay

Dennis Boutsikaris

As Doctor Stevens

Krystal Benn

As Ruby

Lonnie Farmer

As Nurse Rosco

Margo Martindale

As Nurse Floyd

Pamela Payton-Wright

As Ethel

Katie Sagona

As Rebecca Cooper

Geoffrey Wigdor

As Vivian Thompson - As Teenager

Prudence Wright Holmes

As Mary

Kathleen Langlois

As Snow White

Jennifer Berry

As Hunter

Emma J. Brown

As Dwarf

Jennifer Dragon

As Dwarf

Samantha Kelly

As Dwarf

Jennifer Caine Natenshon

As Dwarf

Bethany M. Paquin

As Dwarf

Erica Sullivan

As Dwarf

Amelia Claire Novotny

As Prince

Kristin Sroka

As Wicked Stepmother

Robert E. Walsh

As Man at School Play

Denise Cormier

As Woman at School Play

John Fiore

As Policeman

Ken Cheeseman

As Paramedic

Devon Cole Borisoff

As Vivian Thompson - As Boy

June Lewin

As Kindly Nurse

Dorothy Dwyer

As Foster Mother

Wally Dunn

As Walter

Eric Roemele

As Security Man - 1970's

Dossy Peabody

As Vivian's Mother

John Michael Vaughn

As Helicopter Pilot

Brian Goodman

As Policeman in Squad Car

Michael Cavanaugh

As Judge (voice)

Pete

As Dobie

Robert Harrell

As Police Officer (uncredited)

Alan Francis Sullivan

As Police Officer (uncredited)

Dee Nelson

As Teacher (uncredited)

Mylan Janoplis

As Diver (uncredited)

Eric Bruno Borgman

As Man Trapped in Car (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Neil Jordan

Director, Screenplay

Bari Wood

Novel

Bruce Robinson

Screenplay

Roy Farfel

Stunts

Bill Anagnos

Stunts

Richard L. Blackwell

Stunts

Jery Hewitt

Stunt Coordinator

Dana Bertolette

Stunts

Keith Siglinger

Stunts

Norman Douglass

Stunts

David Paul Lord

Stunts

Gene Harrison

Stunts

Peter Bucossi

Stunts

Charles Page

Stunts

Susan Purkhiser

Stunts

Patrick Clayton

First Assistant Director

Kurt D. Lott

Stunts

Christo Morse

Second Assistant Director

Carl Sprague

Assistant Art Director

Janet Paparazzo

Stunts

Michael Russo

Stunts

Jennifer Lamb

Stunts

Steve Mack

Stunts

Robin Bonaccorsi

Stunts

Andrew Dupin

Stunts

Nan Bernstein Freed

Unit Production Manager

Eliza Coleman

Stunts

Don Hewitt Sr.

Stunts

John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin

Stunts

Danny Downey

Stunts

Donald J. Hewitt Jr.

Stunts

Peter Epstein

Stunts

Jodi Michelle Pynn

Stunts

Peter Girolami

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Chris Centrella

Key Grip

Tony Campenni

Dolly Grip

Phil H. Fravel

Special Effects Technician

Richie Ford

Rigging Gaffer

Edward 'Tantar' LeViseur

Assistant Property Master

Lori Hicks

Key Makeup Artist

Louis Sabat

Boom Operator

Tim Driscoll

Grip

Dean M. King

Best Boy Grip

Kris Moran

Assistant Property Master

Aaron F. Quarles

Key Hair Stylist

Jacqueline Payne

Hairstylist

Yves De Bono

Special Effects Supervisor

David Hill

Special Effects Technician

Jerry Holway

Steadicam Operator

Jerry DeBlau

Chief Lighting Technician

Ron Colucci

Special Effects Technician

Matiki Anoff

Makeup Artist

Robin Squibb

Script Supervisor

Dawn Y. Line

Costume Supervisor

Alec Hirschfeld

"B" Camera Operator

Suzanne McCabe

Assistant Costume Designer

Felice Diamond

Makeup Artist

François Duhamel

Still Photographer

Winsome G. McKoy

Set Costumer

David Larue

Grip

Debbie Holbrook

Set Costumer

Judy Richter

Production Supervisor

Josh Blakeslee

Camera Loader

David Gulick

Property Master

Shoshana Rubin

Costumer

Maria DeVane

Post Production Accountant

Theodore Suchecki

Set Dresser

Guy Adan

Unit Publicist

Anya Colloff

Casting Assistant

Jeffrey DeBell

Set Dresser

Sarah Jackson Burt

Assistant Set Decoration

James V. Kent

Leadman

Marty Keener Cherrix

Extras Casting

Carolyn Pickman

Location Casting

George Jenson

Storyboard Artist

Laura Berning

Assistant Location Manager

Nicole Furia

Production Accountant

Adam Gilmore

Second Assistant Camera

Matthew Brookman

Electrician

Philip Alton

Dialogue Editor

Paul Ensby

Color Grading

Robert Martini

Transportation Captain

Tricia Perrott

Post Production Coordinator

John Grimolizzi

Construction Foreman

Elliot Goldenthal

Orchestrator, Original Music Composer

Kenneth Dodd

Electrician

Leslie Shatz

Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mike Roberts

Camera Operator

Anthony Dunne

Construction Coordinator

Ruth Sullivan

Foley Artist

Curtis Roush

Music Editor

Bill Coe

First Assistant Camera

Wayne Simpson

Electrician

Jenny Lee Wright

Foley Artist

Thomas C. Nisbet

Electrician

Sara Hegarty

Assistant Dialogue Editor

Paul Massey

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert Elhai

Orchestrator

Jonathan Sheffer

Conductor

Marc Hirschfeld

First Assistant "B" Camera

Darius Khondji

Director of Photography

Kim Mozingo

Actor's Assistant

Tony Lawson

Editor

Jane Jenkins

Casting

Charles Burke

Producer

Martin Laing

Art Direction

Gretchen Rau

Set Decoration

Bill Messina

Makeup Effects

Bill 'Splat' Johnson

Makeup Effects

Janet Hirshenson

Casting

Nigel Phelps

Production Design

Stephen Woolley

Producer

Redmond Morris

Co-Producer

Jeffrey Kurland

Costume Design

Matthias Gohl

Music Producer

Reviews:

John Chard (5/10)

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 contrived 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

2016-02-14