The Lathe of Heaven
1980 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 2,894 VOTES · DIR. Fred Barzyk, David R. Loxton
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 944 lines
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00:02:24 Yes.
00:08:09 - Call me Bill, if you like. - Oh, well that's ok!
00:12:22 And then, when I woke up in the morning, aunt Ethel wasn't living with us
00:15:52 You will allow me to hold you there and watch your brain at work.
00:20:56 <i>George! George!</i>
00:25:07 You are going to have a very good dream, George.
00:29:30 My dream stopped the rain.
00:32:33 But he doesn't realize that.
00:36:25 What about getting well?
00:39:38 - Tell him I'm too busy. - And this notice is from HEW
00:42:15 - Shall we run off a dream? - Ok.
00:47:52 - Don't you remember the plague? - Of course, we do!
00:50:25 the fears? What's gonna happen when night gets loose on the world?
00:55:33 - No. - What then?
00:59:21 This is incredible! Aliens on the Moon.
01:03:19 It'll work, I know it will. I've seen it done before. I'll just hypnotize you.
01:08:17 It's up to us now.
01:11:00 I think I've got that figured out.
01:15:08 To reprogram his whole last quarter.
01:19:55 Take it easy, George. Take it easy.
01:22:22 eliminated racial hatred, the color problem, eliminated war
01:26:11 Yes, I mean thank you very much.
01:30:52 I have.
01:39:03 You were very good to me.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed944
Dialogue density9.0 lines / min
First line00:02:24
Final line01:39:03
Production Record
DirectorFred Barzyk, David R. Loxton
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,894