Dreamland (2006 film)

Dreamland
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Directed by	Jason Matzner
Produced by	Peter Heller Doug Mankoff Andrew Spaulding
Written by	Tom Willett
Starring	Agnes Bruckner Kelli Garner Justin Long John Corbett Gina Gershon Chris Mulkey Luce Rains Brian Klugman
Music by	Anthony Marinelli Photek
Cinematography	Jonathan Sela
Editing by	Zene Baker
Distributed by	Echo Lake Productions
Release date(s)	December 19, 2006
Running time	88 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English

Dreamland is an American Drama film that was released on December 19, 2006. The primary plot focuses concern overcoming fear, struggling friend to friend relationships, and overall coming of age in small-town America.

Plot

Eighteen year old Audrey (Agnes Bruckner) lives with her agoraphobic father (John Corbett) in a remote community in the breathtakingly beautiful New Mexico desert. Though Audrey longs to go to college, she spends her days taking care of her father, who hasn’t left home since Audrey’s mother died, and her best friend Calista (Kelli Garner), who dreams of becoming Miss America but is struggling with Multiple Sclerosis.

The summer after Audrey graduates from high school, her world is changed forever when an attractive young man named Mookie (Justin Long) moves in next door with his mother Mary (Gina Gershon) and her fiancé, Herb (Chris Mulkey). Knowing how much Calista longs for romance, Audrey encourages Mookie to ask Calista on a date. He obliges, and he and Calista soon become a couple. Audrey, however, finds herself developing feelings for Mookie, and as these feelings grow it becomes harder and harder for her to be the dependable, selfless person that her father and best friend have always counted on her to be.

Ultimately, Audrey, who has taken care of everyone around her, finally learns to take care of herself, and those whose lives she touched must find the strength to let her go.

External links

• Dreamland at the Internet Movie Database
• Dreamland at Rotten Tomatoes