What Dreams May Come (film)

What Dreams May Come
What Dreams May Come
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vincent Ward
Screenplay by	Ronald Bass
Based on	What Dreams May Come; by Richard Matheson
Produced by	Stephen Deutsch; Barnet Bain
Starring	Robin Williams; Cuba Gooding Jr.; Annabella Sciorra; Max von Sydow;
Cinematography	Eduardo Serra
Edited by	David Brenner
Music by	Michael Kamen
Production; company	Interscope Communications
Distributed by	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Release date	October 2, 1998;
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$85‒90 million
Box office	$75.4 million

What Dreams May Come is a 1998 American fantasy drama film directed by Vincent Ward and adapted by Ronald Bass from the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson. Starring Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra and Cuba Gooding Jr., it won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The title is from a line in Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy.^[4] The film received mixed reviews, with praise for its scenery, but criticizing the plot. It was also a box-office bomb, grossing only $75.4 million against a budget of $85‒90 million.

^ McCarthy, Todd (September 29, 1998). "What Dreams May Come". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
^ Simon, Stephen. "Information And Application for Stephen Simon Film Mentoring Program". Bringing Back the Old Hollywood. Retrieved March 23, 2018. [...]I've made films with budgets ranging from $500,000 (Indigo) to $90 million (What Dreams May Come)[...]
^ Klady, Leonard (January 25, 1999). "The Top 125 Worldwide". Variety. p. 36.
^ No Sweat Shakespeare, To Be Or Not To Be: Hamlet Soliloquy. Line 11.