| Lathe of Heaven | |
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| Written by | Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel) Alan Sharp (Screenplay) |
| Directed by | Philip Haas |
| Starring | James Caan Lukas Haas Lisa Bonet |
| Theme music composer | Angelo Badalamenti |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mark Winemaker |
| Editor | Jean-François Bergeron |
| Running time | 91 mins. |
| Release | |
| Original network | A&E |
| Original release | October 29, 2002 (DVD) |
Lathe of Heaven is a 2002 television film based on the similarly named 1971 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin and a remake of the 1980 adaptation. It was produced for the A&E network in 2002. The film was written and directed by Alan Sharpe and Philip Haas. It was nominated for the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Single Program Presentation.[1]
Synopsis
Lathe of Heaven stars James Caan, Lukas Haas, and Lisa Bonet. Unlike the 1980 adaptation, it discards a significant portion of the plot, some minor characters, and much of the philosophical underpinnings of the book. The alien invasion and the racial equalization were removed for this adaptation.
The film takes place in a futuristic society, where a young man named George Orr (Lukas Haas) overdoses using someone else's pharmacy card. Orr is troubled by his dreams, and is implied to be suicidal because of them. He takes drugs to avoid having these dreams. After he is caught overdosing, his attorney Heather Lelache (Lisa Bonet) sends him to a psychologist as a punishment.
The psychologist, William Haber (James Caan), uses a machine called an "augmentor" to delve deep into Orr's mind. The augmentor looks like a dentist's chair. It is soon obvious that Haber has sinister intentions. He begins to hypnotize Orr into dreaming about a horse in a field. When Orr wakes up from his hypnosis-induced dream, an image of Lady Godiva on a horse is now painted on the wall in the office.
Haber then begins to use Orr's power for his own personal gain. At one point, he changes his status from an M.D. to a highly renowned researcher.
References
- ^ "Lathe of Heaven". Variety. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
External links
- Lathe of Heaven at IMDb
- Lathe of Heaven at Rotten Tomatoes
- Lathe of Heaven at AllMovie
- Bonin, Liane (5 September 2002). "Cool Hand Lukas: Lukas Haas talks about Leo, Lathe, and R.E.M." EW.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- Speier, Michael (4 September 2002). "Lathe of Heaven." Variety.com. Retrieved 2019-23-02.