Explore Movies TV Shows Live TV

Dreamchild

He loved the child we will never forget...

6.5

1985•1h 34m

Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had a close friendship with the writer, and their relationship was the creative catalyst for Carroll's most beloved work. However, as Alice reflects on her experiences with the author, she realizes the complexity of their bond has had lasting, deeply felt ramifications.

Production

Production

Available For Free On

Trailers & Videos

Thumbnail for video: Dreamchild (1985) Original Trailer [FHD]

Dreamchild (1985) Original Trailer [FHD]

Cast

Photo of Coral Browne

Coral Browne

Alice Hargreaves

Photo of Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll

Photo of Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Jack Dolan

Photo of Nicola Cowper

Nicola Cowper

Lucy

Photo of Jane Asher

Jane Asher

Mrs. Liddell

Photo of Amelia Shankley

Amelia Shankley

Little Alice

Photo of Imogen Boorman

Imogen Boorman

Lorina

Photo of Rupert Wainwright

Rupert Wainwright

Hargreaves

Photo of Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Mr. Duckworth

Photo of James Wilby

James Wilby

Baker

Photo of Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

Mr. Marl

Photo of William Hootkins

William Hootkins

1st Radio Actor

Photo of Alan Shearman

Alan Shearman

1st Reporter

Photo of Sam Douglas

Sam Douglas

4th Reporter

Photo of Ron Berglas

Ron Berglas

3rd Editor

Photo of Steve Whitmire

Steve Whitmire

Mock Turtle/Caterpillar

Photo of Fulton Mackay

Fulton Mackay

Gryphon (voice)

Photo of Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

Mock Turtle (voice)

Photo of Julie Walters

Julie Walters

Dormouse (voice)

Photo of Tony Haygarth

Tony Haygarth

Mad Hatter (voice)

More Like This

Backdrop for Mother's Day

60% Match2016HD

Mother's Day

Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Jesse's friend, Kristin, is juggling motherhood of a toddler, a patient boyfriend who keeps proposing, and searching for her biological mother. Bradley is a widower who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda is too busy with her career to worry about children. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.

Backdrop for Everybody Wants to Be Italian

65% Match2007HD

Everybody Wants to Be Italian

Are all relationships based on lies? Jake Bianski runs a fish market in north Boston, surrounded by Italians. For years, he's carried a torch for Isabella, an ex-girlfriend now married with three children and no interest in Jake. Yet, he tells everyone she's his girlfriend, including Marisa, a veterinarian his employees set him up with at the Italian singles club. She's interested in him until he tells her about his girlfriend, then he's persistent in asking her to be his friend. As the friendship bumps along, Jake realizes that reality may be better than fantasy, but what if Isabella changes her mind about Jake, and what if it comes out that Marisa, like Jake, isn't Italian?

Backdrop for The Man Who Wasn't There

75% Match2001HD

The Man Who Wasn't There

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.

Backdrop for Disney Channel Summer Sing-Along

86% Match2020HD

Disney Channel Summer Sing-Along

Harnessing the unifying power of music, Disney Channel is presenting a night of entertainment for kids and families with two music specials featuring a bevy of fan-favorite Disney Channel stars, past and present, along with celebrity guests and popular artists.

Backdrop for Earth Light

69% Match1970HD

Earth Light

The Tunisian born hero of the film decides to break with his disorganized yet habit-ridden life in Paris, and sets off to discover his homeland, which he left at 6 years old, and to rekindle the memory of his mother, who died when he was a child.

Backdrop for The Dreamer of Oz

73% Match1990HD

The Dreamer of Oz

The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.

Backdrop for Red Riding Hood

60% Match1987HD

Red Riding Hood

The high spirited daughter of the village lord and her mother have been living in the forest for seven years near her wise grandmother. They wait for her father to come home, meanwhile, her literally heartless uncle rules. He sells his soul for the aid of an enchanted wolf who turns himself human in order to spy. As the tyranical lord begins to see his niece as a threat, he sends the wolf to deal with her.

Backdrop for Midnight in Paris

75% Match2011HD

Midnight in Paris

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

Backdrop for Life of Pi

74% Match2012HD

Life of Pi

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Backdrop for 8 Mile

71% Match2002HD

8 Mile

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.

Backdrop for Water for Elephants

69% Match2011HD

Water for Elephants

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

Backdrop for Toy Story 4

75% Match2019HD

Toy Story 4

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

Backdrop for Pitch Perfect

73% Match2012HD

Pitch Perfect

College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.

Backdrop for Dumplin'

68% Match2018HD

Dumplin'

To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom.

Backdrop for Murder Mystery

63% Match2019HD

Murder Mystery

On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.

Backdrop for The Return of Jafar

62% Match1994HD

The Return of Jafar

The evil Jafar escapes from the magic lamp as an all-powerful genie, ready to plot his revenge against Aladdin. From battling elusive villains atop winged horses, to dodging flames inside an exploding lava pit, it's up to Aladdin - with Princess Jasmine and the outrageously funny Genie by his side - to save the kingdom once and for all.

Backdrop for Joker

81% Match2019HD

Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Backdrop for Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

61% Match2004HD

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

A masked villain wreaks mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a monster machine that creates real-life versions of Mystery Inc.'s former foes like The 10,000 Volt Ghost, The Cotton Candy Glob, The Skelemen and The Pterodactyl Ghost. Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, Velma and Scooby-Doo launch an investigation into the monster outbreak that leaves Shaggy and Scooby questioning their roles in Mystery Inc. Eager to prove their detective skills, the ever-ravenous duo comes up with a secret plan to solve the mystery all by themselves. Can the gang unravel their most challenging case?

Backdrop for Teen Spirit

60% Match2011HD

Teen Spirit

Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

Backdrop for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

65% Match2013HD

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.

Reviews

No reviews available yet.