Dreamcatcher
Short description
Dreamcatcher follows four men who have shared a bond since childhood, when they intervened on behalf of a boy named Duddits and gained unusual abilities that have linked them ever since. Now adults with separate lives, they reunite for their yearly hunting trip at a cabin in the woods of Maine. Their gathering is disturbed by the arrival of a lost hunter, and by a snowstorm hiding something far more dangerous. An alien presence threatens the friends and the world around them, and their connection to Duddits proves central to what unfolds.
Lawrence Kasdan directed and co-wrote the film with William Goldman. It arrived in 2003, between Mumford (1999) and Darling Companion (2012) in Kasdan's filmography as director. The cast includes Thomas Jane, Damian Lewis, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Sizemore and Morgan Freeman. It is based on a Stephen King novel.
Produced with a budget of 68 million USD, the film returned about 81 million USD worldwide, a modest result against its cost. Audience response has been mixed: on IMDb it holds 5.6/10 from around 101,000 votes, and on TMDB 5.7/10 from roughly 2,000 votes. A film critics' rating of 4.9/10 from 180 reviews places it below both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Stephen King’s novel "Dreamcatcher" (2001).
- Stephen King was writing the novel “Dreamcatcher” while undergoing rehabilitation: the writer was hit by a car while on a walk. The episode at the beginning of the film, where the hero is hit by a car, is a reflection of the real accident that happened to Stephen King himself.
- In the book, Morgan Freeman’s character is named Kurz, but in the film, his last name was changed to Curtis so that viewers would not perceive this character as a reference to Brando’s hero in «Apocalypse Now».
- The actor who played Henry (Thomas Jane) admitted that he agreed to the role for the sake of his mother — a big fan of King.
- The film takes place in Maine, as do most of King's stories.
- Damian Lewis, who played Junsi, stated that when creating the image of Mr. Gray, who inhabited Junsi, he was inspired by the performance of Malcolm McDowell.
- Filming of the movie began on January 13, 2002, in Prince George, British Columbia.
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