Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 03/03/1989(USA)
Release Date: 10/21/2003
Dubbed: English
Sound: DS
Run Time: 114 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Live/Artisan
In 1987-88, a quartet of films with the same basic body-switching premise deluged theaters:
Like Father, Like Son (1987),
Big (1988),
Vice Versa (1988), and
18 Again (1988). One year later,
Dream a Little Dream (1989) followed suit. Coleman Ettinger (
Jason Robards) is forever scolding the local high school students who use his yard as a shortcut to and from their nearby school. Coleman is not a crotchety old coot, however. He's deeply in love with his wife Gena (
Piper Laurie) and is good friends with his next-door neighbor Ike (
Harry Dean Stanton). In fact, Coleman is looking for a mystical way to preserve his and Gena's lives forever by transferring their consciousness into the bodies of younger people. One day, student Bobby Keller (
Corey Feldman) has a bicycle mishap with Coleman while cutting through the yard, and their minds change places. Now Coleman has the brain of a teenager, while young Bobby uses Coleman's wisdom and life experience to win over the girl of his dreams.
Dream a Little Dream was the directorial debut of
Marc Rocco, son of actor
Alex Rocco, who costars in a supporting role.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
