Regardless of its critical roasting,
Dreamcatcher is a must-see for Stephen King
fans. In adapting King's epic novel (itself an
amalgam of familiar King plotlines), director
Lawrence Kasdan and cowriter William Goldman
sacrificed much of the character depth that gave
the story its crucial humanity, resulting in a
tame frightfest about four longtime friends
(Damian Lewis, Jason Lee, Thomas Jane, Timothy
Olyphant) whose past--and a shared gift of
telepathy--connects them to a present-day alien
invasion in the snowy forests of Maine. Like an
ambitious episode of The X-Files, this slick
production offers slimy "weasels" that gestate
in human bowels; ominous aliens who seize
control of bodies and minds; a secret military
strike (led by Morgan Freeman) against the
invaders; and enough gross-out humor to satisfy
jaded horror buffs. Unfortunately, it just isn't
scary. Despite its A-list advantages,
Dreamcatcher works best as a glorified B-movie,
likely to benefit from lowered expectations.
--Jeff Shannon
Director, Producer,
Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan
Asst. Director Paul
Barry
Executive Producer
Bruce Berman
Asst. Director Paul
Burger
Editor Raul Davalos
Asst. Director,
Co-producer Stephen P. Dunn
Art Director
Kendelle Elliott
Screenwriter
William Goldman
Co-producer
Casey Grant
Score
Composer James
Newton Howard
Co-producer,
Production
Designer Jon Hutman
Art
Director Helen
Veronica Jarvis
Editor Carol
Littleton
Costumes/Costume Designer
Molly Maginnis
Producer Charles
Okun
Cinematographer
Bill Seale
Cast:
Colonel Curtis … Morgan
Freeman
Dr. Henry Devlin … Thomas Jane
Beav … Jason Lee
Jonesy … Damian Lewis
Pete … Timothy Olyphant
Owen Underhill … Tom Sizemore
Duddits … Donnie Wahlberg
Apache Crewman #1 … Christopher Ang
Detainee #1 … John Armstrong
Young Jonesy … Giacomo Baessato
Rachel … Cheralynn Bailey
Richie Grenadeau … Alex Campbell
Becky … Susan Charest
Detainee #2 … Jack Crowston
Conklin … Michael Daingerfield
Duncan … Ryan De Boer
Stranger on Curb … Michael Dobson
Apache Crewman #2 … Chris Duggan
Roberta Cavell … Rosemary Dunsmore
Detainee #3 … Trenna Frandsen
Detainee #4 … John Gagne
EMT #1 … Marcy Goldberg
Barry Neiman … C. Ernst Harth
Detainee #5 … Sue Hartley
Young Henry … Mikey Holekamp
Detainee #6 … John Hombach
EMT #2 … Dion Johnstone
Josie Rinkenhauer … Shauna Kain
Defuniak … Jon Kasdan
Trish … Ingrid Kavelaars
Rick McCarthy … Eric Keenleyside
Maples … Darrin Klimek
Detainee #7 … Kat Kosiancic
Old Man Gosselin … Campbell Lane
Edwards … Colin Lawrence
Platoon Leader … Malik McCall
Apache Crewman #3 … Daniel Merali
Bad Driver … John Moore
Gen. Matheson … Michael O'Neill
Tracking Technician … Kevan Ohtsji
Army Truck Driver … Ty Olsson
Young Pete … Joel Palmer
Apache Crewman #4 … Matt Riley
Scottie … T.J. Riley
Young Duddits … Andrew Robb
Young Beaver … Reece Thompson
Woman in Crowd … Carolyn Tweedle
Helicopter Sentry … Jordan Walker
