Backstreet Dreams (film)

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Backstreet Dreams
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Directed by Rupert Hitzig
Jason O'Malley
Written byJason O'Malley
Produced byJason O'Malley
Lance H. Robbins
Starring Brooke Shields
Jason O'Malley
Sherilyn Fenn
Cinematography Stephen M. Katz
Music by Bill Conti
Distributed by Vidmark Entertainment
Release dates
  • August 24, 1990 (1990-08-24)(Canada)
  • September 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)(New York City)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Backstreet Dreams (released as Forever Love in the Philippines) is a 1990 drama film starring Brooke Shields, Jason O'Malley, Sherilyn Fenn and Anthony Franciosa. It was directed by Rupert Hitzig and Jason O'Malley, from a script written by O'Malley.

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Plot

Dean, a young hood, and his wife Lucy take their disturbed young son, Shane, to a clinic where the boy is diagnosed by Stevie, a psychologist. They discover that the boy is autistic. As the couple's marriage falls apart, Stevie believes she can help Shane as well as possibly help Dean break away from the life of crime he leads.

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Release

Backstreet Dreams was released in the United States in 1990. In the Philippines, the film was released as Forever Love in January 1992. [1]

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