Dream a Little Dream
The Lost Rider: A Chronicle of Hollywood Sacrifice
January 5 - 14, 2023
In one of the strangest body-swap films from the late 1980s, Corey Feldman stars opposite Jason Robards, who plays an eccentric researcher so hopelessly in love with his wife (Piper Laurie) that he conducts an experiment to consciously enter a dream state with her forever—but instead wakes up in Feldman’s body.
Introduction by Corey Feldman on Jan. 10
Far and away the strangest example to come out of the late 1980s cycle of body-swap comedies, Dream a Little Dream follows bratty teenager Bobby Keller (Corey Feldman) and the eccentric Coleman Ettinger (Jason Robards), a researcher so hopelessly in love with this wife (Piper Laurie) that he conducts an experiment to consciously enter a dream state with her forever—but instead wakes up in Bobby’s body, while his and his wife’s bodies, as well as Bobby’s mind, are trapped in an unconscious realm. The film was initially conceived as a four-hour-long meditation on spiritualism and a showcase for Feldman’s acting chops; Vestron Pictures (best known for Dirty Dancing) eventually winnowed it down to under two hours and turned it into another “two Coreys” film by casting Corey Haim as Bobby’s best friend. Nevertheless, it remains a pleasantly offbeat comedy for its time, with an unrelentingly 1980s soundtrack and an all-too-memorable dance sequence in which Feldman impersonates Michael Jackson.
“Corey Feldman is an icon, and this film exists in the pantheon of classic, feel-good teen beat fantasies. Michael Jackson Energy in its purest form continues to reverberate through the culture.” —Jordan Peele
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