Sweet Dreams (1996 film)

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Sweet Dreams
GenreDrama
Mystery
Written byBruce Miller
Directed by Jack Bender
Starring Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Amy Yasbeck
A Martinez
Theme music composer Dan Wool
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers Tana Nugent Jamieson (as Tana Nugent)
Diana Meehan
Lynne Tuttle
Producer Suzy Beugen
Cinematography David Geddes
Editor Mark Melnick
Running time96 minutes
Production companies Bonnie Raskin Productions
NBC Studios
Vox Uburis Productions
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseSeptember 16, 1996 (1996-09-16)

Sweet Dreams is a 1996 television film directed by Jack Bender, written by Bruce Miller, and starring Tiffani Amber Thiessen as a woman who has no memory of her past after waking up from a coma. The film also stars Amy Yasbeck, Adolfo Martinez and David Newsom.

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Synopsis

After waking up from a coma, Allison Sullivan finds she has no memory of anything. As she begins to try to put the pieces together she learns someone is out to get her due to an affair she had with a Dr. Jack Renault whose wife Laura just had a baby named Sara. Allison begins speaking with other people and learns all is not as it seems. She tries to put everything together and learns something strange about a person she is supposed to trust.

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Reception

John Martin of The Daily Dispatch called it "not completely stupid". [1]

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References

  1. Martin, John (1997-08-20). "Thriller". The Daily Dispatch . p. 8C.