Lathe of Heaven

Starring: Caan, James and Bonet, Lisa

George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of mankind -- with bizarre and frightening results.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 733961704099
• Release Date: January 2002
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
• Director: Haas, Philip
• Starring: Caan, James, Bonet, Lisa
• Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Cheaply made for a television pilot.

The basic story is about a person named George Orr (Lukas Haas) who has effective dreams. This means that if he dreams something, it can come true. But, trying to control his dreams can have negative effects. Someone assigned to help him, Dr. William Haber (James Caan), ends up using him. This animal, a rewrite of Ursula K. Le Guin's novel by Alan Sharpwill, does not get off the ground. They are taking a premise from the book and using it to launch a cheap time-travel program similar to "Time Tunnel" or "Quantum Leap." It is not enough to insult people who are familiar with the book, but to think that viewers would not recognize the plot from old sci-fi movies is insulting to the general public.