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By
TERESSA ELLIOTT
Sometimes when reviewing a film, critics tell you that it would be good as a made-for-TV movie.
Well, "Lathe of Heaven" was a made-for-TV movie (A&E Television Networks) and it is pretty good.
George Orr (Lukas Haas) believes he controls the future through his dreams and an unscrupulous psychiatrist (James Caan)
begins to use George to fashion the world to his liking. The acting is good and the vision of the future is interesting.
It's always interesting to see how a filmmaker will portray the future in a science fiction film and this one seems more
"Blade Runner" than anything else.
I didn't expect any extras on the DVD since this was a made-for-TV film, but was pleasantly surprised to find a twenty
minute behind-the-scenes with all the major cast members, director and other crew, filmographies of the major players in
the film and, the best extra, the film was presented in letterbox format (something you don't often get from DVDs of
made-for-TV films).
The DVD case also states that this version is the international version with bonus footage not seen during the U.S.
broadcast, but since I didn't see the U.S. broadcast, I was unable to verify this or recognize the extra footage.
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