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Director
  
Tamarat Makonnen

Initial DVD release
  
October 12, 2010 (USA)

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

5.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Fantasy

Music director
  
Jeffrey Michael

Writer
  
Tamarat Makonnen

Language
  
English

Dreams and Shadows movie poster

Release date
  
October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02) (Los Angeles premier)

Initial release
  
October 2, 2009 (Los Angeles)

Cast
  
James Russo
(John Brunette),
Kathy Christopherson
(Krissy),
Shawn-Caulin Young
(Billy Brunette),
Yoshi Ando
(Samurai),
Londale Theus
(Eddie Vincent)

Similar movies
  
Falling Sky (1998), Dangerous Parking (2007), Something to Live For (1952), Boyhood (2014), Le Beau Serge (1958)

Tagline
  
For the sake of good there are those who will do bad.

Dreams and shadows 2010 trailer


Dreams and Shadows is a 2009 American drama film written and directed by Tamarat Makonnen as his feature film debut, and stars James Russo and Shawn-Caulin Young. The film had its Los Angeles premiere at the American Film Institute in October 2009.

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Charles blackman dreams and shadows screener


Synopsis

Billy (Shawn-Caulin Young), a teenage outcast drifts into his own vivid imagination to escape his bleak surroundings. His father (James Russo) is a paraplegic whose own dreams of happiness have faded away in an alcoholic haze. In a twisted attempt to find his purpose in life, the teen hatches a plot to seek vengeance on the man who allegedly crippled his father many years ago. However, he soon finds that things aren't always what they seem, as his mission for revenge may ultimately become one for his very own survival.

Partial cast

  • James Russo as John Brunette
  • Shawn-Caulin Young as Billy Brunette
  • Yoshi Ando as Samurai
  • Kathy Christopherson as Krissy
  • Julie Clark as Lorrie Brunette
  • Joseph Darden as Tommy
  • Robert Dolan as Lester
  • Natalie Garcia Fryman as Sarah
  • James Gibler as Twiggy
  • Sean Ridgway as Spike
  • Londale Theus as Eddie Vincent
  • Cody Hamilton as Young Billy
  • Mary Mackey as Prostitute

    • Critical reception

    The film was given a rating of 3 out of 5 stars by We are Movie Geeks, who noted that the essence of Dreams and Shadows is "strong" with the film appearing to be something between a "dramatic soap opera and a pulp film noir". They also mentioned that "There are elements of classic storytelling that linger just beneath the surface of Dreams and Shadows, from Oedipus Rex to MacBeth".

    Home media

    Dreams and Shadows was released on DVD October 12, 2010. It is distributed in the USA and Canada by E1 Entertainment/Synkronized, and includes the behind the scenes featurette The Making of Dreams and Shadows.

    References

    Dreams and Shadows Wikipedia
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