Liebestraum (film)

Liebestraum (German for "dream of love") is a 1991 American mystery film written and directed by Mike Figgis and starring Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Zach Grenier, Alicia Witt and Taina Elg, with Kim Novak in her last film role.[3][4][5]

Liebestraum
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMike Figgis
Produced byEric Fellner
Written byMike Figgis
StarringKevin Anderson
Pamela Gidley
Bill Pullman
Kim Novak
Zach Grenier
Music byMike Figgis
CinematographyJuan Ruiz Anchía
Edited byMartin Hunter
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 13, 1991 (1991-09-13)
Running time
112 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget£5 million[1]
Box office$133,645 (Domestic)[2]

Synopsis

The story follows two affairs, a generation apart. Nick (Kevin Anderson), a professor of architecture in upstate New York, comes to an Illinois town to be with his birth mother (Kim Novak) in the final days of her illness; he was adopted and has never met her before. On the first day, he runs into Paul (Bill Pullman), a college friend, whose construction company is demolishing an old downtown department store where a murder-suicide happened 30 years before. The building is a beautiful cast-iron construction, so Nick wants to study it before the demolition. Paul introduces Nick to his wife, Jane (Pamela Gidley), a photographer who wants to portray the same building. Over the next four days, Nick and Jane's attraction grows, as Nick explores the old building, attends his mother's bedside, and unravels the truth that links both of them with the developing events in his and Jane's life.

Cast

Release and distribution

When Liebestraum made its VHS debut, it was released in two editions — the R-rated theatrical version and an unrated director's cut. The DVD release, part of MGM's Avant-Garde Cinema series, features only the R-rated version. However, the deleted scene that marks the single difference between the two edits is included as a bonus feature on the disc.[6]

References
  1. "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 25.
  2. "Liebestraum". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  3. "Liebestraum". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  4. "Kim Novak". IMDb. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. "Kim Novak surfaces to retrace past in boxed set". Sfgate.com. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. "Reel DVD Review". Archived from the original on March 22, 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link), comments by Pam Grady.
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