Backstreet Dreams (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Backstreet Dreams
| image = BackstreetDreams1990.png
| director = Rupert Hitzig
Jason O'Malley
| producer = Jason O'Malley
Lance H. Robbins
| writer = Jason O'Malley
| starring = Brooke Shields
Jason O'Malley
Sherilyn Fenn
| music = Bill Conti
| cinematography = Stephen M. Katz
| distributor = Vidmark Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|1990|08|24|Canada|1990|09|29|New York City}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Backstreet Dreams (released as Forever Love in the Philippines) is a 1990 drama film starring Brooke Shields, Jason O'Malley, Sherilyn Fenn and Anthony Franciosa. It was directed by Rupert Hitzig and Jason O'Malley, from a script written by O'Malley.
Plot
Dean, a young hood, and his wife Lucy take their disturbed young son, Shane, to a clinic where the boy is diagnosed by Stevie, a psychologist. They discover that the boy is autistic. As the couple's marriage falls apart, Stevie believes she can help Shane as well as possibly help Dean break away from the life of crime he leads.
Main cast
- Brooke Shields as Stevie
- Jason O'Malley as Dean
- Anthony Franciosa as Angelo
- John Vizzi and Joseph Vizzi as Shane
- Burt Young as Luca
- Sherilyn Fenn as Lucy
- Tony Fields as Manny
- Nick Cassavetes as Mikey
- Joe Pantoliano as Paul (uncredited)
Release
Backstreet Dreams was released in the United States in 1990. In the Philippines, the film was released as Forever Love in January 1992.{{cite news|last=Balsas|first=Zar|title=Older, bolder Brooke|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19920114&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=March 11, 2020|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=January 14, 1992|page=20}}
==References==
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0099090|title=Backstreet Dreams}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|backstreet_dreams}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=67937|title=Backstreet Dreams}}
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Category:1990 crime drama films
Category:American crime drama films
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:Films about disability in the United States
Category:Films scored by Bill Conti
Category:Trimark Pictures films
Category:Films shot in New Jersey
Category:English-language crime drama films
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