Dreaming

Duration: 90 min

Release date: 1991-03-24

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Unemployed Ayrshire teenager Sammy Nelson is a dreamer, using his vivid imagination to conjure up a gallery of heroes. But far from simply providing an escape from grim reality, his dreams become weapons to confront it. With appearances by Deacon Blue, Billy Connolly and Marianne Faithful

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Dreaming

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as Sammy Nelson

Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson

as Pauline McPherson

as Peter Nelson

as Game Show Host/Busker

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull

as Woman in Crowd

as Deacon Blue/Singer in Bar

Lorraine McIntosh

Lorraine McIntosh

as Deacon Blue/Girl in Graveyard

as Genteel Heavy

as Betting Shop Cashier

as Prime Minister

as Job Interviewer/Guru

as Deke Morrison

as Mrs Morrison

as Playtime Presenter

Lucinda Baillie

Lucinda Baillie

as Mr Pettigrew

Julie Ann Gilchrist

Julie Ann Gilchrist

as Girl on Bridge

Isabella Jarrett

Isabella Jarrett

as Dream Girl in Bar

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William McIlvanney

William McIlvanney

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