What dreams may come

Four years after Chris and Annie Nielsen lose their children in a traffic accident, Chris himself is killed and finds himself reunited with his children in a beautiful and astonishing afterlife, but Annie commits suicide in despair and is banished to a very different realm. Chris risks his own etern...

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Main Author: Kamen, Michael. (Composer)
Corporate Author: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm), Interscope Communications (Firm), Metafilmics (Firm), PolyGram Video (Firm), Universal City Studios.
Other Authors: Ward, Vincent. (Director), Simon, Stephen, 1946- (Producer), Bain, Barnet. (Producer), Bass, Ronald. (Screenwriter), Williams, Robin, 1951-2014. (Actor), Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968- (Actor), Sciorra, Annabella. (Actor), Sydow, Max von, 1929-2020. (Actor), Grant, Jessica Brooks. (Actor), Paddock, Josh. (Actor), Chao, Rosalind. (Actor), Blake, Yvonne. (Costume designer), Brenner, David (Film editor), Hoy, Maysie. (Film editor), Zanetti, Eugenio, approximately 1949- (Designer), Serra, Eduardo, 1943- (Cinematographer), Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Spanish
Published: Univsersal Studios, Calif. : Polygram Video : Universal Studios [distributor], [2002]
Edition: Special ed.
Subjects:
Summary: Four years after Chris and Annie Nielsen lose their children in a traffic accident, Chris himself is killed and finds himself reunited with his children in a beautiful and astonishing afterlife, but Annie commits suicide in despair and is banished to a very different realm. Chris risks his own eternal happiness to find Annie and rescue her from her fate.
Item Description: Based on the novel by Richard Matheson.
Originally released as motion picture in 1998.
THX digitally mastered.
Special features: Theatrical trailer 1; Theatrical trailer 2; Featurette; Alternate ending; The visual effects; Photo gallery; Cast & filmmakers; Dreams destop.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, widescreen (16x9) presentation, dual layered; Dolby digital; 5.1 Channel AC-3 surround sound; 2.0 Dolby Pro Logic; 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Audience: Rated PG-13.
Awards: Academy Award for Best Effects, Visual Effects (Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, and Kevin Scott Mack)
Production Credits: Music by Michael Kamen ; costume designer, Yvonne Blake ; edited by David Brenner, Maysie Hoy ; production designer, Eugenio Zanetti ; director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; cameras, Anastas M. Michos, Kim Marks.
ISBN: 0783277547
9780783277547
Author Notes: Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951. He studied acting at the Juilliard School. He was an actor and comedian, who appeared in both television shows and feature films. His television shows included Mork and Mindy and The Crazy Ones. He starred in numerous films including Popeye, Good Morning, Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King, Awakenings, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, Patch Adams, Bicentennial Man, Insomnia, Night at the Museum, Lee Daniels' The Butler, Merry Friggin' Christmas, and Boulevard. He won an Oscar in 1998 for Good Will Hunting.

He also appeared in stand-up comedy specials like Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met and in an annual series of HBO telethons for Comic Relief, a charity organization that helps homeless people and others in need. In 2011, he made his acting debut on Broadway in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. He suffered from drug and alcohol addiction in the past and was currently battling severe depression. He died of a suspected suicide due to asphyxia on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63.

(Bowker Author Biography)