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About
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.
Theatrical
Aug 15, 1984
Box Office
$12.1M
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 6, 2000
Theaters
1
Director
Joseph Ruben
Writers
Chuck Russell, Joseph Ruben, David Loughery
Producers
Bruce Cohn Curtis, Jerry Tokofsky, Tom Curtis
Music
Maurice Jarre
Studio
Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises
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See all →Explore a World of Endless Possibilities
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Enter a world beyond your wildest imagination where anything can happen.
The Cost of Extraordinary Abilities
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Alex Gardner has an extraordinary gift. The government wants it...The scientists want it... To keep it may cost him his life...
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It takes an extraordinary adventurer to enter the...
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Cast
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Dennis Quaid
Alex Gardner
M
Max von Sydow
Paul Novotny
C
Christopher Plummer
Bob Blair
E
Eddie Albert
The President
K
Kate Capshaw
Jane DeVries
D
David Patrick Kelly
Tommy Ray Glatman
G
George Wendt
Charlie Prince
L
Larry Gelman
Mr. Webber
C
Cory 'Bumper' Yothers
Buddy
R
Redmond Gleeson
Snead
P
Peter Jason
Babcock
C
Chris Mulkey
Finch
J
Jana Taylor
Mrs. Webber
M
Madison Mason
Fred Schoenstein
K
Kendall Carly Browne
Mrs. Matusik
K
Kate Charleson
President's Daughter
V
Virginia Kiser
President's Wife
C
Carl Strano
Edward Simms
B
Brian Libby
McClaren
B
Bob Terhune
Dobbs
