What Dreams May Come
Academy Award Winner
Headline quote
One of the great visual achievements in film history.
SISKEL & EBERT
- Year:
- 1998
“One of the great visual achievements in film history”
SISKEL & EBERT
A man dies and awakens in the world of his afterlife, an astoundingly lush and visually rich world. Yet he finds no joy in paradise without his wife and soulmate. She has been lost to despair and now resides in hell. Determined to get her back, he undertakes an Orpheus like search to find her.
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Cast and crew
- Director:
- Vincent Ward
- Based on Novel by:
- Richard Matheson
- Screenplay :
- Ronald Bass
- Producers:
- Barnet Bain and Stephen Deutsch
- Co-producer :
- Alan C Blomquist
- Executive Producers :
- Ronald Bass, Ted Field, Erica Huggins and Scott Kroopf
- Featuring:
- Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr, Annabella Sciorra and Max von Sydow
Breathtaking, beautiful, bold... with heartbreakingly effective performances from Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra
Chicago Sun Time, Roger Ebert — 1998
Exquisite, 'Dreams' is heaven sent... I wouldn’t have missed it for anything.
The Atlanta Journal‐Constitution, Eleanor Ringel, — 1998
Ward has invested every frame with a kind of magic that goes right past the frontal lobes and lodges in the deepest part of our universal subconscious.
Cinefantastiqueonline, Steve Biodrowski — 2007
What Dreams May Come is one of the most visually astounding films I've ever seen. It's a wealth of truly beautiful sets and special effects, seamless and visionary images of things that can't exist in our world.
Pyramid, Nathaniel R. Atcheson — 1998
There's something almost Bergman-esque about What Dreams May Come.... Many movies have offered representations of heaven and hell, but few with as much conviction and creativity ... an affecting piece of drama.
Reelviews, James Berardinelli — 1998
One of the most visually imaginative films I’ve seen... It’s like a landscape constructed out of the materials in his imagination – as if paradise were an impressionist painting.
Siskel & Ebert Show #1305, TV transcript, Roger Ebert — 1998
In a movie that in many ways recalls Dante’s _Inferno_, Robin Williams assumes the role of Virgil, guiding us mortals through the rings of hell.... Eyepopping, heartbreaking, mind‐ bending, gut‐wrenching and, finally, life‐affirming.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Carrie Rickey — 1998
The notion of being immersed in art has never been taken so literally as in What Dreams May Come, an imaginative, inventive and conceptually brilliant film.
Urbancinefile, Louise Keller
Interscope Communications interview with director Vincent Ward
Interscope Communications — 1998
Original quote sheet for What Dreams May Come
— 1998
Winner - Best Visual Effects
The Academy Awards — 1999
Nominated Best Production Design
The Academy Awards — 1999
Best Renting Drama Video
Majors Australian Video Ezy Prestige Awards — 1999
Best Visual Effects
Golden Satellite Awards — 1999
Excellence in Production Design
Art Directors Guild Awards — 1999
Best Supporting Actor
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards — 1999
Outstanding Supporting Actor
NAACP Image Awards — 1999