The Lathe of Heaven (1980) (trailer)

[JuanUmana]

The book is much better just for the reason that it leaves a great space for contemplation and imagination. im still wondering why didn't someone like Kubrick didn't show interest on this book, the movie is too cybernetic and less psico-creepy; the book is much deeper.

[pzkphw]

@JuanUmana Actually I like the movie better, maybe because I saw it before I read the book. Still love the book too.

[goofygoat2009]

OOooooo Bruce Davidson. Sexy, sexy. 

[aberdown]

I think this is extraordinary for 1980 it doesn't get much better.

This is not actually a trailer but whatever

[COAKD1]

Thanks for continuing this video.

[MobiusBandwidth]

one of my all time favourite films, very true to the book, and excellent.

[oxleymations]

I actually happen to own a copy of this film, two years ago I stumbled across a box of VHS tapes that had movies and stuff recorded on them from back in the 80's as well as some other things that someone was throwing away and on one of those tapes is an original airing of this movie straight from PBS and you say that the original/master tapes of this film were erased? man that sucks, though this movie kind of messed with my head I really like it.

[Mrchoumni]

Golden era sci-fi that may be more relevant than ever despite the incorrectness. This small PBS production may be the demarcation point between cerebral science prediction and the space western that we accept today,

[0gahn0]

just read the book, as good as the movie is, the book is 100 times better.

[doctorpsycho1960]

One of the funniest things about the book, to me, is that a couple of years ago, they finally did build the "funicular" between old OHSU and their new campus by the river, just as LeGuin predicted, and she is sooooo not the sort of SF writer who writes predictions that are expected to come true!

[DoomMantia849]

Great film. Just watched this for the first time a few weeks ago. Fantastic work, considering the budget.

[catcookie]

I remember when this first came on pbs. I loved this movie so much I still do.

[llaptoo]

just search the web for a copy... you will find one ; )

[sunaJH]

This was an an amazing life changing movie, so you say it is lost? Worse than the loss of the moon landing tapes:((((

[chrisfield555]

I read the book and cant see how you could make it a movie.. but apparently they did a good job.

[auzio]

same here!

[S0cc3rnewb]

I'm working on the book its really interesting

[lactoseme]

This PBS TV movie was in limbo for many years because they use a Beatles song and getting the rights to use it for subsequent releases was prohibitive. It was eventually rebroadcast and released on DVD without The Beatles version of "With A Little Help From My Friends." It was remade in 2002 and aired on A&E but that version was not as memorable.

[saintsubversive]

Yeah, they put in a terrible cover version of the song because it was cheaper than the Beatles version, and it really killed the emotional impact of that brililant sequence in the film. It sounded almost like a muppety Sesame Street version and was laughable.

At least 90% of the time, when you have films like this that are "lost", it is because of music rights. The classic PBS series "An American Family" will never see an official DVD release because of the rock music played throughout it.

[waxlurker]

Ah, so I never got to see it again, specifically because of the part I liked best. The bitter irony...

[humbleradio]

I totally agree with you. But the film was indeed destroyed. PBS station engineers erased the masters after rights issues made them believe - mistakenly - that the film wouldn't be seen again. "The Fools, the mad fools."

[tardis1947]

This movie can be rented from Netflix

[deepislandboy]

I haven't seen the film, but the book is great.

[melchiano]

i hear they are remaking this. that's wacked out!

[auzio]

REALLY!?

[Jaharra19]

Great Movie!

[ebbythurmond]

I saw the LATHE OF HEAVEN on PBS in 1980 and I've been looking for it in rental form, etc, ever since...it's awful how some great films 'just disappear', because of one thing or another.

[mooville32]

Yeah I saw it back then too and was blown away.

I distinctly remember that it had been playing a few times on WGBH during the week and after the Saturday night viewing of it we changed the channel to NBC and watched Gary Newman and the Tubeway Army perform Cars on Saturday Night Live with Elliot Gould as the host.

I was trippin' on mescaline too!

[humbleradio]

As I understand it, PBS foolishly erased the master tapes at the studio for reuse of the expensive tapes. BBC also, over the years erased master tapes of original productions as standard procedure to reuse tapes. Simply unbelievable.

[kdubya8]

The lost a lot of early Dr Who episodes this way