:o). It makes you want to love those whom you love more and more every day and make sure that they know it. (There probably was!) Especially those that have lost ones it can offer piece of mind in that they are in a better place. It would give you a meaning of life and your purpose in it. . It's not just 'boys meets girl, stuff happens, they get married and live happily ever after' - Annie and Chris have to deal with real adversity and issues, which are shown through numerous flashbacks throughout the film. This movie is regarded as bad by many critics, but I fear it is because they dwell on what's bad, not what's good about the movie. Official Sites -Earth: Chris arrives at Hell, walking between sinking aircraft carriers.
It was shown in The Changeling (1980). I cried a lot through this film, all for various reasons including the death of Robin and that pain of seeing him being wonderful and I am really going to miss him, also the film was very moving and does make you think, it also made me think of my life and what I'd do if certain people tragically left my life.
The film is visually striking, with a lush palette and imaginative imagery but the story is overly convoluted (unlike the book, people in 'heaven' can appear as anyone they wish) and the ending flat and unsatisfying. What Dreams May Come would have to be one of the most intelligent, emotional, visually beautiful, and well acted projects ever to grace the screen. It's been a while since I last saw this one, but I will always remember this as one of the saddest movies I ever saw, in a good way of course! According to supernatural investigators, this is called Automatic Writing, a technique in which living people blank their minds to have it empty of thoughts, allowing a ghost or spirit to use the hand of the living to write messages from the afterlife. In his searching for Annie's soul, Chris faces the four elements (water, earth, fire, and air) to find her: -Water: Chris leaves Afterlife to approach Hell, crossing a stormy sea in a raft with Albert and The Tracker. I feel that, from almost every one of the actors, there was a luminous glow emanating from their faces, like there was some sort of special lighting used. I bought the DVD just a few days ago and watched it again tonight and I cried so much. He gave a wonderful performance, as did Annabella Sciora, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. When Chris goes to the city in Heaven where people are flying around, watch for characters from "Peter Pan" (Wendy, Michael, John) and "Mary Poppins" (Mary Poppins) among the people flying. I don't believe people who commit suicide out of sadness or loss of hope go to hell, I believe they go to heaven like everyone else - Maybe that's just me being idealistic. It is neat to see the possible reality of one's "after-life" in heaven or hell.
Ok, This movie was overlooked. First, I won't keep it a secret: I am a great Robin Williams fan and I think that this is one of his best movies of all his career. I forgive you for being so wonderful, a guy would choose Hell over Heaven just to be around you. " In both films, Williams played a doctor while Sydow played a doctors' professor. It's a rare thing to feel embarrassed leaving a cinema - but that was my reaction after sitting right through one of the most nauseating, boring, unfulfilling films I've ever seen. This film hits home for a lot of us, obviously because Robin killed himself.
A read-through with Robin Williams convinced her …
It promoted the technology of the making.
For its time the CG is actually pretty good, I've seen worse CG in films nowadays.
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.; and two Oscar nominees: Max von Sydow and Werner Herzog. If anything it can offer peace and harmony despite all outward differences and that if there is a heaven it is what you make of it.
What Dreams May Come (1998) Awards. Robin Williams is masterful and Sciorra perfectly mirrors her soul mate (Williams).
Illusions, model crew: Cinema Production Services (as Tim Niver), data integration artist: Digital Domain (as Candida L. Nunez), data integration supervisor: Digital Domain (as Michael C. O'Neal), 3D technical director: Giant Killer Robots, animator: Mass.
Illusions (as Dan Klem), production assistant: Cinema Production Services (as Christopher Krumlauf), visual effects line producer: Painted World, digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Mark M. Larranaga), digital effects supervisor: POP Film (as Ken Littleton), visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain (as Lauren Littleton), digital animator: bird, Digital Domain (as Daniel W. Loeb), visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain (as Kevin Mack), matte painting supervisor: Digital Domain (as Martha 'Snow' Mack), digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain (as Laura E. McDermott), visual effects production manager: MASS.ILLUSIONS, digital compositor: Mass. Not sure where to start tbh , a truly amazing movie with so many emotions running thru it at all times, family love, grief, wonderment , joy, anger... the cast was couldn't have been bettered and for me this was robin Williams greatest role may he r.i.p . In the movie, he has two who died four years before him. Overall they marketed it completely wrong, which I daresay has led it to being placed in the mediocrity bin. It's a slow burning story and there's not much joy and laughs - but the sense of love and family and resoluteness still lingered way after the film ended. If there is one you would hope it looks like this. I have watched many movies of different tastes, be it crime, drama, sci-fic, comedy, war etc the spark i wanted was not there until i watch "WHAT DREAMS MAY COME". Before I saw it, I was one of the many movie going clones who decided not to see it in the theater because it hadn't been getting the rave reviews that the trailer suggested it should. Extras spent two twelve-hour days in the water as ghouls. I am not one to cry much, especially when I'm watching a movie.
The idea of true soul mates and love lasting beyond death. Robin Williams will never cease to amaze me. Visually striking but maudlin romantic fantasy, possibly the most beautiful/sad/heartwarming films ever. For me this films idea idea of heaven was perfect, being with loved ones and also having the freedom to go anywhere, sorry if my review isn't perfect or written out so well, I'm just writing as best I can.... as to the movie storyline itself... it caught my imagination in such a way, it was and is the perfect love story tainted with death and sorrow but following chris journey you just know that his and their love will win thru and find a happy ever after even if not in life then it makes it worth the journey.... amazing film and one that touched my heart. The rest of the cast was fine, but as I didn't find the story very engaging, I quickly lost interest in the characters. Their performances encapsulate all the joy and abject sorrow human life entails. I don't know how some of the comments can state that it is New Age Kitch. Excellent movie.....I laughed and cried. It gives the viewer lots to discuss. Annabella was also brilliant , she really brought out the raw emotion and pain a widow goes through after not only losing her children but then her husband. Although this movie is heart-wrenching, it is just too beautiful to pass up. What Dreams May Come would have to be one of the most intelligent, emotional, visually beautiful, and well acted projects ever to grace the screen. lead modelmaker: Cinema Production Services, Inc. digital animator: tree, Digital Domain (as David William Prescott). Celebs. -Yellow: The great stairway full of people and the city between mountains, illuminated by an eternal sunset with people flying.
Rest in Peace, dear Mr. Robin Williams. Period.
As a result, the audience has empathy toward the characters and actually cares about what is happening to them. Community. Above the bed, when Annie is about to die by suicide, you can see the triptych painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Bosch. (ie- Chris being embarrassed to dance, teaching his daughter about death).
This entire place appeared surrounded by flames. The concepts in this movie is 100% spot on with the new way of thinking in just about all progressive belief systems. When Chris Nielsen is with his dog Katie and comes across Albert Lewis, who is standing in the water, Chris recognizes him in his youth. One of a few films shot on Fuji Velvia (RVM) film stock.
I am not that crazy about Robin Williams, though I don't dislike him. Release Dates Illusions (as Caroleen 'Jett' Green), digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Craig 'XRay' Halperin), digital compositor: Mass. What Dreams May Come (1998) Plot. What Dreams May Come (1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It has moved me more than i was moved by "SEVEN POUNDS". Filming & Production But he was adequate in this movie, because it called for a real sensitive and really nice guy. I've seen it 3 times. Chris Nielsen's fictional grave is located in Mount View Cemetery in Oakland, California. Even though I knew how it was going to end, I kept cheering for it to happen. The way the creators explored the possibilities of the spiritual life and life after death, have created some of the most beautiful scenery in any movie, even matched with some movies today. (voice) (uncredited), Hellion in the Sea of Faces Sometimes when you win you lose " ." The third part of the triptych's theme is hell, the place where Annie is bound to go after her decision to die by suicide. In the book, Albert Lewis is his cousin who was sickly when they were young, and died at an early age. | It was Valentine's day, 1999. A read-through with Robin Williams convinced her otherwise. The title is derived from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (Act 3, Scene 1): "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause...". In Greek Mythology, Cerberus was a ferocious three-headed dog, guardian of Hades (land of the dead), whose mission was to prevent living people from entering Hades, and spirits of the dead from escaping from it. Dawn Soler, the musical supervisor for the film has said in an interview that Axl Rose intended to have the unreleased Guns N' Roses song "This I Love" in this movie but for some reason the director didn't use the song. The original score was composed by Ennio Morricone. -Black: Chris crosses a stormy sea in a raft with Albert Lewis and The Tracker. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Woman in Car Accident This tunnel is the same painted by Hieronymus Bosch in his 1490's painting "Ascension of the Blessed", and depicted in the 1975's best seller "Life After Life", written by Dr. Raymond Moody.
Robin Williams and Max von Sydow previously appeared in Awakenings (1990). It's taken me 20 years to finally watch it, and though film-making has advanced technologically in terms of CGI in that time - it still looks stunning ! Once alone, once with my grown daughter, and once with my boyfriend. Great Movie, Perfect Cast, Beautiful Music.
Robin Williams passed away at age 63 on august 11, 2014. The film also makes you what to call everyone you haven't talked to for a while and let them know how you feel about them. 16 years after the film's release, Robin Williams died by suicide. It's concept of Heaven and Hell is way beyond conventional film directors. Definitely made to be a romance, but I got more out of it for its philosophical depictions of heaven that probably would appease to multiple beliefs. (as June Lomena), Heavenly Creature Illusions (as Amanda Evans) / painter, visual effects assistant: Los Angeles (as Heather Morrison), rotoscope supervisor: Digital Domain (as Howard Muzika), animator: Mass. I am not a big fan of Robin Williams as a dramatic actor - regardless of the role he seems to be unable to completely suppress the delivery that made him a comedy legend, so his characters always seen artificial and constrained (at least to me). It was not exactly what I expected... a journey into a supernatural realm.
It was shown in The Changeling (1980). I cried a lot through this film, all for various reasons including the death of Robin and that pain of seeing him being wonderful and I am really going to miss him, also the film was very moving and does make you think, it also made me think of my life and what I'd do if certain people tragically left my life.
The film is visually striking, with a lush palette and imaginative imagery but the story is overly convoluted (unlike the book, people in 'heaven' can appear as anyone they wish) and the ending flat and unsatisfying. What Dreams May Come would have to be one of the most intelligent, emotional, visually beautiful, and well acted projects ever to grace the screen. It's been a while since I last saw this one, but I will always remember this as one of the saddest movies I ever saw, in a good way of course! According to supernatural investigators, this is called Automatic Writing, a technique in which living people blank their minds to have it empty of thoughts, allowing a ghost or spirit to use the hand of the living to write messages from the afterlife. In his searching for Annie's soul, Chris faces the four elements (water, earth, fire, and air) to find her: -Water: Chris leaves Afterlife to approach Hell, crossing a stormy sea in a raft with Albert and The Tracker. I feel that, from almost every one of the actors, there was a luminous glow emanating from their faces, like there was some sort of special lighting used. I bought the DVD just a few days ago and watched it again tonight and I cried so much. He gave a wonderful performance, as did Annabella Sciora, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. When Chris goes to the city in Heaven where people are flying around, watch for characters from "Peter Pan" (Wendy, Michael, John) and "Mary Poppins" (Mary Poppins) among the people flying. I don't believe people who commit suicide out of sadness or loss of hope go to hell, I believe they go to heaven like everyone else - Maybe that's just me being idealistic. It is neat to see the possible reality of one's "after-life" in heaven or hell.
Ok, This movie was overlooked. First, I won't keep it a secret: I am a great Robin Williams fan and I think that this is one of his best movies of all his career. I forgive you for being so wonderful, a guy would choose Hell over Heaven just to be around you. " In both films, Williams played a doctor while Sydow played a doctors' professor. It's a rare thing to feel embarrassed leaving a cinema - but that was my reaction after sitting right through one of the most nauseating, boring, unfulfilling films I've ever seen. This film hits home for a lot of us, obviously because Robin killed himself.
A read-through with Robin Williams convinced her …
It promoted the technology of the making.
For its time the CG is actually pretty good, I've seen worse CG in films nowadays.
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.; and two Oscar nominees: Max von Sydow and Werner Herzog. If anything it can offer peace and harmony despite all outward differences and that if there is a heaven it is what you make of it.
What Dreams May Come (1998) Awards. Robin Williams is masterful and Sciorra perfectly mirrors her soul mate (Williams).
Illusions, model crew: Cinema Production Services (as Tim Niver), data integration artist: Digital Domain (as Candida L. Nunez), data integration supervisor: Digital Domain (as Michael C. O'Neal), 3D technical director: Giant Killer Robots, animator: Mass.
Illusions (as Dan Klem), production assistant: Cinema Production Services (as Christopher Krumlauf), visual effects line producer: Painted World, digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Mark M. Larranaga), digital effects supervisor: POP Film (as Ken Littleton), visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain (as Lauren Littleton), digital animator: bird, Digital Domain (as Daniel W. Loeb), visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain (as Kevin Mack), matte painting supervisor: Digital Domain (as Martha 'Snow' Mack), digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain (as Laura E. McDermott), visual effects production manager: MASS.ILLUSIONS, digital compositor: Mass. Not sure where to start tbh , a truly amazing movie with so many emotions running thru it at all times, family love, grief, wonderment , joy, anger... the cast was couldn't have been bettered and for me this was robin Williams greatest role may he r.i.p . In the movie, he has two who died four years before him. Overall they marketed it completely wrong, which I daresay has led it to being placed in the mediocrity bin. It's a slow burning story and there's not much joy and laughs - but the sense of love and family and resoluteness still lingered way after the film ended. If there is one you would hope it looks like this. I have watched many movies of different tastes, be it crime, drama, sci-fic, comedy, war etc the spark i wanted was not there until i watch "WHAT DREAMS MAY COME". Before I saw it, I was one of the many movie going clones who decided not to see it in the theater because it hadn't been getting the rave reviews that the trailer suggested it should. Extras spent two twelve-hour days in the water as ghouls. I am not one to cry much, especially when I'm watching a movie.
The idea of true soul mates and love lasting beyond death. Robin Williams will never cease to amaze me. Visually striking but maudlin romantic fantasy, possibly the most beautiful/sad/heartwarming films ever. For me this films idea idea of heaven was perfect, being with loved ones and also having the freedom to go anywhere, sorry if my review isn't perfect or written out so well, I'm just writing as best I can.... as to the movie storyline itself... it caught my imagination in such a way, it was and is the perfect love story tainted with death and sorrow but following chris journey you just know that his and their love will win thru and find a happy ever after even if not in life then it makes it worth the journey.... amazing film and one that touched my heart. The rest of the cast was fine, but as I didn't find the story very engaging, I quickly lost interest in the characters. Their performances encapsulate all the joy and abject sorrow human life entails. I don't know how some of the comments can state that it is New Age Kitch. Excellent movie.....I laughed and cried. It gives the viewer lots to discuss. Annabella was also brilliant , she really brought out the raw emotion and pain a widow goes through after not only losing her children but then her husband. Although this movie is heart-wrenching, it is just too beautiful to pass up. What Dreams May Come would have to be one of the most intelligent, emotional, visually beautiful, and well acted projects ever to grace the screen. lead modelmaker: Cinema Production Services, Inc. digital animator: tree, Digital Domain (as David William Prescott). Celebs. -Yellow: The great stairway full of people and the city between mountains, illuminated by an eternal sunset with people flying.
Rest in Peace, dear Mr. Robin Williams. Period.
As a result, the audience has empathy toward the characters and actually cares about what is happening to them. Community. Above the bed, when Annie is about to die by suicide, you can see the triptych painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Bosch. (ie- Chris being embarrassed to dance, teaching his daughter about death).
This entire place appeared surrounded by flames. The concepts in this movie is 100% spot on with the new way of thinking in just about all progressive belief systems. When Chris Nielsen is with his dog Katie and comes across Albert Lewis, who is standing in the water, Chris recognizes him in his youth. One of a few films shot on Fuji Velvia (RVM) film stock.
I am not that crazy about Robin Williams, though I don't dislike him. Release Dates Illusions (as Caroleen 'Jett' Green), digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Craig 'XRay' Halperin), digital compositor: Mass. What Dreams May Come (1998) Plot. What Dreams May Come (1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It has moved me more than i was moved by "SEVEN POUNDS". Filming & Production But he was adequate in this movie, because it called for a real sensitive and really nice guy. I've seen it 3 times. Chris Nielsen's fictional grave is located in Mount View Cemetery in Oakland, California. Even though I knew how it was going to end, I kept cheering for it to happen. The way the creators explored the possibilities of the spiritual life and life after death, have created some of the most beautiful scenery in any movie, even matched with some movies today. (voice) (uncredited), Hellion in the Sea of Faces Sometimes when you win you lose " ." The third part of the triptych's theme is hell, the place where Annie is bound to go after her decision to die by suicide. In the book, Albert Lewis is his cousin who was sickly when they were young, and died at an early age. | It was Valentine's day, 1999. A read-through with Robin Williams convinced her otherwise. The title is derived from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (Act 3, Scene 1): "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause...". In Greek Mythology, Cerberus was a ferocious three-headed dog, guardian of Hades (land of the dead), whose mission was to prevent living people from entering Hades, and spirits of the dead from escaping from it. Dawn Soler, the musical supervisor for the film has said in an interview that Axl Rose intended to have the unreleased Guns N' Roses song "This I Love" in this movie but for some reason the director didn't use the song. The original score was composed by Ennio Morricone. -Black: Chris crosses a stormy sea in a raft with Albert Lewis and The Tracker. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Woman in Car Accident This tunnel is the same painted by Hieronymus Bosch in his 1490's painting "Ascension of the Blessed", and depicted in the 1975's best seller "Life After Life", written by Dr. Raymond Moody.
Robin Williams and Max von Sydow previously appeared in Awakenings (1990). It's taken me 20 years to finally watch it, and though film-making has advanced technologically in terms of CGI in that time - it still looks stunning ! Once alone, once with my grown daughter, and once with my boyfriend. Great Movie, Perfect Cast, Beautiful Music.
Robin Williams passed away at age 63 on august 11, 2014. The film also makes you what to call everyone you haven't talked to for a while and let them know how you feel about them. 16 years after the film's release, Robin Williams died by suicide. It's concept of Heaven and Hell is way beyond conventional film directors. Definitely made to be a romance, but I got more out of it for its philosophical depictions of heaven that probably would appease to multiple beliefs. (as June Lomena), Heavenly Creature Illusions (as Amanda Evans) / painter, visual effects assistant: Los Angeles (as Heather Morrison), rotoscope supervisor: Digital Domain (as Howard Muzika), animator: Mass. I am not a big fan of Robin Williams as a dramatic actor - regardless of the role he seems to be unable to completely suppress the delivery that made him a comedy legend, so his characters always seen artificial and constrained (at least to me). It was not exactly what I expected... a journey into a supernatural realm.