What Dreams May Come (film)

What Dreams May Come
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVincent Ward
Screenplay byRonald Bass
Based onWhat Dreams May Come
by Richard Matheson
Produced byStephen Deutsch
Barnet Bain
Starring
CinematographyEduardo Serra
Edited byDavid Brenner
Music byMichael Kamen
Production
company
Distributed byPolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Release date
  • October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$85‒90 million[1][2]
Box office$75.4 million[3]

What Dreams May Come is a 1998 American fantasy drama film directed by Vincent Ward and adapted by Ronald Bass from the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson. Starring Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra and Cuba Gooding Jr., it won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The title is from a line in Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy.[4] The film received mixed reviews, with praise for its scenery but criticism for the plot. It was a box-office bomb, grossing only $75.4 million against a budget of $85‒90 million.

  1. ^ McCarthy, Todd (September 29, 1998). "What Dreams May Come". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Simon, Stephen. "Information And Application for Stephen Simon Film Mentoring Program". Bringing Back the Old Hollywood. Retrieved March 23, 2018. [...]I've made films with budgets ranging from $500,000 (Indigo) to $90 million (What Dreams May Come)[...]
  3. ^ Klady, Leonard (January 25, 1999). "The Top 125 Worldwide". Variety. p. 36.
  4. ^ No Sweat Shakespeare, To Be Or Not To Be: Hamlet Soliloquy. Line 11.