Dreamer - The Cinema Snob

The Cinema Snob sits through more melodrama mayhem! Behold the story of Dreamer (his name actually is Dreamer) and his inspirational quest of winning midwest bowling tournaments and qualifying for professional bowler status!
Tim Matheson stars in this 1979 drama.
Writer/Creator: Brad Jones
Title Card: Shaun Millington
Theme: Rhymer-Man, Devin Letroy Powell
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[@StonedGremlinProductions]

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[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

Review The Asylum Trolland.

[@ColeslawVariant]

Sad Martin needs to be a meme.

[@hacktormike3679]

Requiem for a Dreamer

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

That cross- promotion is god-tier, brad.

[@Omar777i]

Stoned Gremlin Productions Nice that you are showing Korey support!

[@josh111888]

I'm from Alton. We got the movie we deserved.

[@MrChaotic4]

I want to sincerely apologize to Windy City. I'm sorry Windy City. I did not know you were just the tip of the iceberg.

[@madizzle90]

Saul did not die in vain.

[@dustlandfairytale974]

This movie feels like the few VHS tapes your grandparents had that you throw on because it’s either that or go outside

[@monroeriddell5822]

I'd rather go outside!

[@smjaiteh]

If Rocky was lightning in a bottle... Dreamer is the exact opposite of that: a pickle in a blender. Dumb, but ultimately an incredibly boring thing to witness.

[@Launchpad05]

Proving that Stallone did it right while everyone else did it wrong.

[@brianhebert6152]

Pickle in a Blender would make a good name for an early-10s indie pop band

[@moviesquad73]

I notice when ever a melodrama wins, it's either batshit insane (Independence Day, Until September) or it's completely dull and pointless ( Windy City, Dreamer) there's never an in between, and I prefer to keep it that way.

[@codyacker4040]

I love that someone’s comment, in the poll on Patreon; was: “Oh god, it’s winning.” Just sums up the majority of how people probably felt when Dreamer actually won the poll; nothing but dread and depression.

[@weeds526]

The bowling episode of Malcolm in the Middle had better character development in twenty minutes

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

I remember that episode. It's the one that goes back and forth with Lois and Hal taking them

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

That’s in my Top 5 of the series!

[@Launchpad05]

The episode of 'That Girl' where Ann get's her toe stuck in a bowling ball was funnier than this.

[@yogisie]

I think people vote for these types of movies, just to see Brad get upset that he has to review these types of movies.

[@SuperSwordman1]

I'm sorry is that NOT how the poll is suppose to work?

[@yogisie]

SuperSwordman1 exactly

[@SuperSwordman1]

@@yogisie I was being sarcastic. I vote for these kind of movies, sometimes, mostly because of how fun the Cinema Snob reviews of them are. And yes, a lot of it comes from how Brad gets handling them.

[@KarlosMorale]

Dreamer: whoever wins, we lose.

[@AnInsideJoke]

I never thought that the Patreon crowd would actually pick it. I legit thought that "Dreamer" showing up as one of the choices was just going to become a long-running Snob meme.

[@KarlosMorale]

@@AnInsideJoke Brad probably thought that, too 🤣

[@MrChaotic4]

Isn't that the tagline to Alien vs Predator?

[@madgang201]

I like more “whoever wins, we’ll forget” lol

[@liamdude5722]

If you ain't first, you're last

[@gonzaloegonzalez8106]

2:40... His name is Dreamer because his parents were Drexel "The Dream" Hemsley fans. Yes, this movie is in "The Identical Universe"

[@madizzle90]

I buy it.

[@shwahgamer]

Accepted.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

What other movies are in the Dreamverse?

[@CineMasterDamian]

The ICU

[@Ash0512]

The big lebowski is still the greatest bowling movie ever made

[@reeart3614]

My only argument would be Kingpin

[@techmouse.]

I guess the Flintstones movie isn't a bowling movie anymore.

[@charlottecorday8494]

I can't believe this is a year old already. This is by far my favourite review of 2020!

[@chroniclesofalivingdeadgirl]

More of these please... SERIOUSLY!

[@greenkoopa]

Yes I get pleasure from the Snobs suffering 🤗

[@chroniclesofalivingdeadgirl]

@@greenkoopa I have to admit, the movie was really lame. Brad did so well making it more interesting. But I'll still go for this shiz. Let's go Brad!

[@darthnecrosis1705]

No Dianne Wiest explosion? 0/10 stars.

[@robo-nidai4236]

I went into this movie with no expectations. And it somehow manages to not even live up to that.

[@Lost_One279]

As a resident of the Alton area, I agree with Brad's disdain for the place

[@woobiefuntime]

I had bad coffee there.in the late 90s .

[@thealchemist51]

Not only am I happy that we get to see this today but I laughed so hard when I saw that my name appeared four times in the opening.

[@krystalfan]

you know how you could make this movie better? make the main character a drunk with a hook hand and have his best friend be a giant 7'2 amish guy

[@krystalfan]

kingpin

[@brandonbarker961]

"Fuck Sol and double fuck Harry." Jeez these late 70s/early 80s melodramas sure have their heart in the right place

[@dustinarmstrong1168]

Not to mention "Fuck Fake Sol" too.

[@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472]

I thought the 70s only had porn, murder, and Mitchell.

[@Tubbins82]

Oh shit Denver the Last Dinosaur! Collateral nostalgia!!

[@Rob_Thorsman]

"That's going up his ass!" Oooh, another episode of Will It Fit!

[@wingedhussar8552]

Was there a point to this movie? I guy just bowls and gets into a fight with his girlfriend. What was accomplished?

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Winged Hussar _BOWLING!_

[@Stoic_Lizard]

Nothing. Nothing was accomplished.

[@MKLettis]

And his old mentor dies and he's just like "...well that sucks, i guess."

[@megatron6713]

Well................. ................pins were knocked over........

[@MikePhalin]

'Dream' is really just a sequel to 'Being There' where the President's failures stemming from following Chance's advice have left him destitute and desperately clinging to the success of a young bowler.

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

"Music by Bill Conti"? *puts on shades* OKAY, EIGHTIES. GIMME WHAT YOU GOT.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Come at me bro!

[@maeveriden8887]

Maaaaaan, The Brood is RIFE with material...

[@merrittanimation7721]

I kept looking back at the time thinking I had been watching this video far longer than I thought I had. I can only imagine how boring it would be to watch the full runtime.

[@Joev.]

I kept expecting the theme song from the Greatest American Hero to start playing during this heartfelt cinematic masterpiece. 👍👍

[@markelijio6012]

It only take two years later to start playing the theme - March 18, 1981.

[@demh7823]

"Breaking Away" a good sports movie about a dreamer from the Midwest also came out in 1979.

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

This movie desperately needed John Goodman pulling out a handgun on the lanes. "Dreamer, my friend... you're entering a world of pain."

[@nicklager1666]

I consider kingpin to be a real strike when it comes to bowling features, this on the other hand is a 7-10 split. It does remind me a bit about cheers aswell with that intro. I have already figured out that Juan and Too are the features answer to Cliff and Norm.

[@greenkoopa]

2/10 would not bang

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Dreamer is Sam, Harry is Coach, main girl (forgot her name) is Diane, waitress is Carla, creepy rapist is Frasier. It's Cheers in a bowling alley!

[@Godzilla52]

"A film, so thrilling, it makes Uncut Gems look like Monster a Go-Go!" -Leonard Maltin....probably.

[@augustwest5356]

I've been away for a while but so glad I came back for this. It looked so painful.

[@DeO316]

No need to get upset, Snob. We got here for the Lebowski reference, we got it, we can leave happy.

[@radiofuel2733]

Could use more ashtrays

[@CthulhuianBunny]

When I saw the shot of him on the bus in at night with rock music in the background, for some reason my mind jumped to Wayne's World and thought "What? Is this movie set in Illinois, too?" and sure enough...

[@austinwhite4626]

I liked the Dennis and Dee analogy, it's exactly something the gang would make. Excluding the fact that Frank would make it even more raunchy and sex fueled, to the point it would be porn.

[@austinwhite4626]

Kind of like Screwballs or he would be playing a stereotype.

[@ticklemyheart44]

I love the movies that just piss off Snob so much!

[@Launchpad05]

Denver, The Crazed Vietnam Hitch Hiking Dinosaur! He's my friend, and A whole lot more!

[@DollyBelladonna]

I'd watch that, rather than him being the last dinosaur

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Gritty cartoon reboots be like.

[@Launchpad05]

@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 Funny enough, there actually was a 'Denver' reboot, but in CGI.

[@schtive81]

Dreamer: "It's kind of like Rocky, but with Bowling"

[@VoidNull9222]

3:14 Denver the Last Dinosaur? Holy shit that’s a name I haven’t heard of in a long time....

[@RiderKick_93]

Some of these movies chosen by patreon seem like they need a remake by Tyler Perry staring Machad Brooks

[@synchronizedelbow5702]

This film is what happens when Eric Stratton didn't join Delta house to become "Otter", but joined Omega house to become "Dreamer".

[@RobDPostal]

When I saw the poll last week, I thought it has to be Dreamer

[@RobAGabor]

Soup for One has Mrs. Kotter! I'm so looking forward to that!

[@docsnake]

Can't believe The Brood only got 11 percent.

[@stranget92]

Needs more milkshakes

[@erniemendoza36]

🎶Oh dream weaver I believe you can get me through the night Oh dream weaver I believe we can reach the morning light🎶🎶

[@shwahgamer]

When I took a web design class in high school we decided to make it a rule that we start every class by playing that song.

[@lunapaper7028]

Even in 1979, Dreamer looked about 10-15 years too old to be a boy with a dream... :P

[@sunshineholmes3487]

Then Spider went back in time to 1885 and got Doc Brown blitzed on one of his "special cocktails".

[@myname6482]

That was after he gave up on tracking down The Incredible Hulk

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

I'm 4:50 in.... waiting for the inevitable "Score Tonight" reference.

[@SuperSwordman1]

Good. I'm glad this one won. I love watching Brad suffer through these melodramas. Keep it up people!

[@ironfossil9963]

You and Double Toasted supporting each other is a dream come true.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I guess “Dreamer” is a 20th Century Studios film now owned by Disney. And I hope “Dreamer” might end up on Disney+ in the future, along with many other 20th Century Studios classics.

[@krisherdown]

The fact that I am a lifelong bowler yet had never known of this movie's existence... pretty much means it had to even bore me to watch the scenes. That said, I am glad it was voted on just to have Brad suffer through watching it.

[@katthefantastic]

Was Dreamer the inspiration for Kingpin!?!

[@TheRealNormanBates]

katthefantastic you never know... SHINING THROUGH was the inspiration for INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

[@AceOfSevens]

How did you get a hold of this? My dad is in the movie and I've always wanted to see it, but doesn't seem to have been released on DVD, Blu-ray or streaming.

[@DarkseidJoshua]

We all know that when The Snob reviews melodramas magical things happen

[@JeonardShadby505]

Jack Warden wouldn't have died from that heart attack if he had bowled while wearing a classic black tee from DTMerch.com

[@guyfawkes938]

Ah fuck it, Snob. Let's go bowling.

[@blackstone777]

10 minutes in and I'm "what is the point of this movie? Why? Why?" Meanwhile the poster of Windy City is behind you....Glaring....Mocking you...It's mocking you...

[@iceheart862]

I'm so glad this movie won cause this is hilarious!

[@tiutiu859]

The melodramas just keep on givin'. A long time fan from Finland. Keep em reviews comin'. And yes, I did vote for Dreamers. Oh, joy!

[@Egganopolis82]

perfect thing to weather a snow storm with. Thanks Brad.

[@MeganKoumori]

"Beautiful overcast weather..." Trust me, it always looks like that. St. Louis is monochrome.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Beautiful St. Louis, Kansas!

[@MeganKoumori]

@@Rob_Thorsman LOL!

[@BatesKrisbates]

8:46-8:49 God damn it, Brad, you almost made me spit tea all over my phone!

[@akosbarati2239]

Special shoutout to the utter fantasy, that a Playboy model like Azizi Johari would slum it out in such a place.

[@03bgood]

The guy who played the grandpa from Problem Child is in this?

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Yep, that's Jack Warden.

[@lindaeasley4336]

Just what I always wanted to see - a feel good movie about bowling

[@seanmatyas3938]

Ok a Bruce Campbell/Ernie Hidson Twister knock off sounds awesome

[@brianfuller7691]

I'll confess that I like this movie. Yes, it's a melodramatic family movie but with solid performances. And Bowl Haven Lanes is still there.

[@cappyjohnson1502]

Tim Matheson looks like the lost Bridges brother in this.

[@gyromurphy]

Snob episode the moment I open up shop? Dreams really do come true.

[@ShadowAkatora]

_I'm just a dreamer, I dream my life away_ _I'm just a dreamer, who dream of better days_

[@oliviawilliams6204]

Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no! I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no! I said "far out, what a day, a year, a life it is!" You know, well you know, you had it comin' to you Now, there's not a lot I can do Dreamer, you stupid little dreamer So now you put your head in your hands, oh no

[@AaronTheBlackDragon]

Such an eventfull movie. I hardly could .... zzzZ

[@johnjsal]

14:37 MOST...EPIC...CINEMA SNOB...QUOTE...EVER!

[@matachresis]

Honestly Brad, what are we even doing, here? The Omen should’ve clinched it. Loyal Patreon supporter.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Because, every time Brad does a Patreon poll, he puts a rom-com with three horror movies, just as a "dud". However, he knows people will vote for that one just for shits and giggles. They'd rather see the Cinema Snob review something different from the norm.

[@peterkrug4124]

The main characters real name is Harry Nuttingham. Let that sink in.

[@redvelvetunderground]

i can't believe it took almost the entire runtime of this review to reference the big lebowski, amazing restraint

[@supercharliegalaxy]

You know I gotta say this really made me laugh when i needed it.

[@Valdagast]

You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one Maybe someday you will join us And we can all watch a shitty movie together

[@heidifedor]

Prom Night! Everything is alright!”

[@LockeTheCole]

I haven't even watched this review yet and I've got Supertramp's Dreamer stuck in my head.

[@Oddtracknumbers]

Would love to see a Snob episode on 'Dream a Little Dream'

[@Stolkmen]

You know, I have come to really appreciate when the main character does not win at the end and learns something from it. It twists the story a bit and I always enjoy seeing that from time to time. This movie was just boring and unwanted so to expect a good ending, let alone a good anything, from this movie is too much to ask for.

[@nakenmil]

Jesus, the stakes in this movie are nonexistent.

[@olivermarijuanajones5041]

Now do " Soup For One"!

[@SalusFuturistics]

Kingpin was weird before the reboot

[@yudithcaron8053]

Soup for One? Count me in!

[@thething3177]

Loved the episode but you would think with all the Stephen King references here,he would wanna make a Shining joke when the creepy guy's name is Delbert

[@lanyard09]

Hey! As a kinda Peorian, I’m well I agree with you.

[@AngelofMusic04]

I voted for "The Brood". Samantha Eggar's mutant birthing sac warrants merry jokes as the audience that hasn't seen it recoils at the sight.

[@Readingrebel]

I haven't watched The Brood, but may have to now. I voted for Prom Night cuz I love that movie.

[@redvelvetunderground]

i feel bad for the women in this movie, poor karen ends up with dreamer and his stupid last name and the waitress ends up with the town sex offender, what terrible endings

[@jonathanwright8025]

Fun fact: There are only 15 entries in the wikipedia category for 10-pin bowling movies.

[@horaciosi]

Why do I get the feeling this is actually a parody movie by Jerry Zucker, but he mistook the script for one of his dramas?

[@markelijio6012]

12 years later, because he took a big break from comedy to step up with sci fi/fantasy on "Ghost" (1990), that's why.

[@TheSuperCasual2914]

The reason why people vote for bad movies for Snob to review is the same reason why people like watching ElectroBOOM get electrocuted or jokes sometimes. It's because it's funny! And every bad movie review is the best one!

[@PapaTaurean]

Well now I just want to see Screwballs... or Kingpin... or the Great Lebowski...

[@liliesrnice]

Thanks for helping us fellow Toasties!

[@BlakouttheMM]

Speaking of forgotten dramas, I'd really like to see Brad cover the 1983 biopic Heart Like a Wheel.