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Released
1984 · FILM

Dreamscape

A brilliant psychiatrist teams with a gifted teen to infiltrate patients' nightmares, racing against lethal subconscious forces that threaten both their minds and the waking world.

Close your eyes and the adventure begins.

Directed by
Runtime
99 min
ActionAdventureHorror
Streaming on
  • Peacock

Synopsis

To diagnose the psychic traumas experienced by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny enlists young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard HalseyShot by Brian TufanoScored by Maurice Jarre

Box Office

1984 · Box office

Grossed $12.1M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$12.1M

Worldwide gross$12.1M

Opening weekend: $2.3M 19% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $4.4M36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 816 theaters

Also known as

  • Dreamscape – Höllische Träumede
  • La gran huidaes

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