What Dreams May Come
After life there is more. The end is just the beginning.
Country
Production
Budget
$85 000 000
Revenue
$71 485 043
Director
Actors
Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Josh Paddock, Jessica Brooks Grant, Max von Sydow, Wilma Bonet, Lucinda Jenney, Rosalind Chao, Matt Salinger
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Barnet Bain, Stephen Deutsch, Ronald Bass, Scott Kroopf, Ted Field, Erica Huggins
Operator
Composer
Artist
Eugenio Zanetti
Audition
Heidi Levitt, Nina Henninger
Editing
Short description
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Richard Matheson's novel 'What Dreams May Come' (1978).
- The traditional translation of this film's title into Russian ignores the fact that the phrase 'What dreams may come' is a quote from Hamlet's famous 'To be or not to be...' monologue; a more accurate and film-appropriate translation of its title would be to use Boris Pasternak's translation of this phrase – 'What dreams may come in that mortal sleep...' (or the following phrase 'When the veil of earthly feeling is removed').
- Ennio Morricone originally composed the music for this film. However, after test screenings, his compositions were removed from the film. Neither the director nor the producers gave any clear explanation for this. Ultimately, the film's soundtrack featured compositions by Michael Kamen and Alfred Schnittke.
- American actress Annette Bening auditioned for the role of Annie Nielsen.
- The phrase “2R Day” (the day the decision about divorce is made) corresponds to the English version of “DD-Day” (Divorce Decision). Additionally, Chris initially refers to the day of the divorce as “D-Day” (Divorce Day) – a term used in the American army to denote the day a military operation begins.
- When Chris enters heaven, one can observe among the flying people characters from fairy tales – Peter Pan and Mary Poppins. Furthermore, the director Vincent Ward's mother is among the flying people in the library.
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