What Dreams May Come

1998

Directed By: Vincent Ward

Screenplay By: Ronald Bass

Starring: Robin Williams; Cuba Gooding Jr.; Annabella Sciorra; Max von Sydow

Based On: What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson

What Dreams May Come is a 1998 American fantasy drama film, starring Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson, directed by Vincent Ward. It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The title is from a line in Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be” soliloquy, a play by William Shakespeare.