Directed by --------------- Neil Jordan 
Produced by -------------- Stephen Woolley 
Co-produced by ---------- Redmond Morris 
Screenplay by ------------- Bruce Robinson, Neil Jordan 
Based upon the novel "Doll's Eyes" by -- Bari Wood 
Director of photography --- Darius Khondji 
Productioin Designer ------ Nigel Phelps 
Film editor ---------------- Tony Lawson 
Costume designer --------- Jeffrey Kurland 
Music by ------------------ Elliot Goldenthal 
Casting by ---------------- Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins 
Unit production manager -- Nan Bernstein Freed 
First assistant director ------ Patrick Clayton 
Second assistant director -- Christopher H. Mores 
MPAA: Rated R for violence/terror and language. 
Running Time: 100 min 
 

Left to right: Aidan Quinn as Paul Cooper; Stephen Rea as Dr. Silverman; Annette Bening as Claire Cooper; Robert Downey, Jr., as Vivian Thompson

Left: Vivian Thompson (Robert Downey, Jr.) is a serial killer who is bent on avenging his lost childhood.  Right: Neil Jordan directed and co-wrote the screeplay for the horror thriller In Dreams.

Left: Annette Bening as Claire Cooper, a woman whose dreams are the portent of real-life nightmares.  Right: Annette Bening as  Claire Cooper.

Psychically connected to the mind of a madman, Claire is haunted by the twisted visions of a killer (Robert Downey, Jr.) who seems obsessed with her. Coming to her in her dreams, the killer gradually begins to close in on Claire's waking life, irrevocably drawing her into a dark vortex of insanity and murder. 

Underwater - The underwater scenes were filmed in Rosarito, Mexico at the same enormous tank constructed for the film "Titanic". The opening water scene is a town buried under flood waters for the past 30 years. It was filmed in Tank 1, a 100-foot x 200-foot, 40-foot deep concrete pool that can hold up to 17 million  gallons of water. Another tank, Tank 2 , was used for lowering Vivian's childhood bedroom in the water from a steel platform supported by a unique hydraulic motion control system, creating a flooding effect. Thank 2 is a 100-foot x 200-foot, 29-foot deep tank that holds 4.3 million gallons of water. A third Tank was used for other water scenes, including one of Claire's dreams. 

Neil Jordan -- won an Academy Award (R) for best Original Screenplay for "The Crying Game," which also brought him an Oscar (R) nomination for Best Director in 1992. His most recent film was "The Butcher Boy." 

Katie Sagona -- as Rebecca Cooper, just turned nine years old but she has already appeard on film and on television. You may have seen her in the romantic comedy "You've Got Mail". On televison she has appeared on "Late Night with David Letterman" and "Saturday Night Live," as well as daytime series "Guiding Light," "As The World Turns," "All My Children" and "Blue's Clues." 

Krystal Benn -- as Ruby, is nine years old, counts "In Dreams" as her first major feature film. She played a young Wynonna Judd in the NBC miniseries "Love Can Build a Bridge." She has had other TV guest star roles. 

Filmed at 

Northampton, Massachusetts 
North Carolina 
Tennessee 
Fox Studios, Baja, Mexico

Related Items 
 
 

"In Dreams (1999 Film) Soundtrack"  Elliot Goldenthal  Audio CD (January 12, 1999)  Number of Discs: 1

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Fan Comments 
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25 Jan - I think the story line was great, but DreamWorks, who dropped the ball here?? How many times do you see the microphone bobbing above the actor's heads?? I was HIGHLY disappointed with the editing quality. From the makers of Antz (loved) and Toy Story (loved even more), I was expecting a much better performance than I received, honestly, it wasn't worth the 6.50 to see it!! 

17 Jan - After seeing this in the theatre opening night, this movie is by far the best movie I have ever seen. I have yet to see it again. If I like it as much as I did the first time it will be my number one movie. The closest reference I can come to is that if you liked seven, you will like this movie. A definite must see if you are into thrillers. The effects/sound are top notch, and the feel that you "know" what is going to happen, but do not know, is a fairly new and integral part of this movie. A definite must see.  

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