- The Dream Machine
Infobox_Film
name =Dream Machine
imdb_id =0099462
writer =Eric Hendershot
starring =Corey Haim Brittney Lewis Randall England Tracy Fraim Evan Richards
director =Lyman Dayton
producer =Lyman Dayton
Eric R. Epperson
Michael Wuergler
distributor =20th Century Fox Home Video
released =1990
runtime =82 min.
music =
awards =
language =English
budget ="Dream Machine" is a
1990 independent thriller, starringCorey Haim ,Brittney Lewis andRandall England . The screenplay was written by Eric Hendershot and based on the old urban legend of a wife selling off aPorsche for a suspiciously low price to get revenge on a cheating husband. The film was released onto home video in 1990 and distributed by20th Century Fox Home Video and theInternational Creative Exchange .Plot summary
A suspicious Mrs. Chamberlain (
Susan Seaforth Hayes ) hires a private detective to spy on her husband. When she receives the confirmation later that night that her husband is with another woman, she proceeds to location.Whilst she is on the way, Lance Harper (
Randall England ), murders the wealthy woman's husband, Jack Chamberlain (Jeremy Slate ), who Harper was in various trouble with at the time. The body is stored in the trunk of his Porsche. Upon the arrival of Chamberlain's wife, who came to take back the Porsche, Harper disappears into the night, as Mrs. Chamberlain drives away, not knowing her cheating husband has been murdered and is in the trunk of the car she is driving.Barry Davis, played by
Corey Haim is doing his rounds as a piano tuner, for his parents' business whilst they are on holiday when his dreams of fast cars become a reality when he is given a silverPorsche turbo for free by Mrs. Chamberlain who wants to get even with her cheating husband, whom she had originally purchased it for.Davis, who cannot believe his luck, does not realise that Jack Chamberlain's corpse is under the hood of his dream car. While Davis is evading fraternity boys and pursuing his dream girl, he becomes mixed up in the homicide as Lance Harper tracks him down by phoning every 'Barry Davis' in the phone book and asking 'Is this Barry Davis the piano tuner?'. Harper homes in on him and a fight ensues in the Davis household. Barry eventually overpowers Lance and he is arrested. In the end he keeps the car, gets the girl and has a neat blonde haircut.
Cast
*
Corey Haim as 'Barry Davis'.
*Brittney Lewis as 'Robin'.
*Randall England as 'Lance'.
*Evan Richards as 'Brent Meese '.Trivia
* Filmed in
Salt Lake City ,Utah References
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099462/ "Dream Machine"] "IMDB.com". RetrievedDecember 15 2005 .
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099462/combined "Dream Machine" full film notes] "IMDB.com". RetrievedDecember 15 2005 .
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099462/locations "Dream Machine" filming location(s) notes] "IMDB.com". RetrievedDecember 15 2005 .External links
* imdb title|id=0099462|title=Dream Machine
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