patient due to recurring nightmares. Blair assigns Tommy Ray Glatman (David Patrick Kelly), a mentally unstable psychic who murdered his own father, to enter the president's nightmare and assassinate him—people who die in their dreams also die in the real world. Blair considers the president's nightmares about nuclear holocaust as a sign of political weakness, which he deems a liability in the upcoming negotiations for nuclear disarmament. Alex projects himself into the president's dream—a nightmare of a post nuclear war wasteland—to try to protect him. After a fight in which Tommy rips out a police officer's heart, Tommy attempts to incite a mutant-mob against the president, and he battles Alex in the form of the snake-man from Buddy's dream. Alex assumes the appearance of Tommy's murdered father (Eric Gold) in order to distract him, allowing the president to impale him with a spear. The president is grateful to Alex but reluctant to confront Blair, who wields considerable political power. To protect himself and Jane, Alex enters Blair's dream and kills him before Blair can retaliate. The film ends with Jane and Alex boarding a train to Louisville, Kentucky, intent on making their previous dream encounter a reality. They are surprised to meet the ticket collector from Jane's dream, but they decide to ignore it and keep on. Cast Dennis Quaid as Alex Gardner Max von Sydow as Dr. Paul Novotny Christopher Plummer as Bob Blair Kate Capshaw as Jane DeVries David Patrick Kelly as Tommy Ray Glatman George Wendt as Charlie Prince Eddie Albert as The President Chris Mulkey as Gary Finch Larry Gelman as Mr. Webber Cory Yothers as Buddy Redmond Gleeson as Snead Eric Gold as Tommy Ray's father Peter Jason as Roy Babcock Jana Taylor as Mrs. Webber Production According to author Roger Zelazny, the film developed from an initial outline that he wrote in 1981, based in part upon his novella "He Who Shapes" and 1966 novel The Dream Master. He was not involved in the project after 20th Century Fox bought his outline. Because he did not write the film treatment or the script, his name does not appear in the credits; assertions that he removed his name from the credits are unfounded. The music score is by French composer Maurice Jarre. Principal photography began 3rd February 1983 in Los Angeles, CA. Locations included Union Station, Los Angeles, Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos, CA,