A boy has a dream that he can float, but unless he holds on, he will drift away into the sky. Even when he is grown up, this idea recurs. After a strange accident, he walks through what may be a dream, flowing in and out of scenarios and encountering various characters. People he meets discuss science, philosophy and the life of dreaming and waking, and the protagonist gradually becomes alarmed that he cannot awake from this confusing dream.
Production Fox Searchlight Pictures (presents); Independent Film Channel (IFC) (present) (as The Independent Film Channel); Thousand Words (present); Flat Black Films (producer); Detour Filmproduction (producer); Line Research;
Cast Names Kierstin Cunnington; Trevor Jack Brooks; Lorelei Linklater; Wiley Wiggins; Glover Gill; Lara Hicks; Ames Asbell; Leigh Mahoney; Sara Nelson; Jeanine Attaway; Erik Grostic; Bill Wise; Robert C. Solomon; Kim Krizan; Eamonn Healy; J.C. Shakespeare; Ethan Hawke; Julie Delpy; Charles Gunning; David Sosa; Alex Jones; Otto Hofmann; Aklilu Gebrewold; Carol Dawson; Lisa Moore; Steve Fitch; Louis Mackey; Alex Nixon; Violet Nichols; Steven Prince;
Box Office USD 2,892,011
Release Date 2001-01-23 (Sundance Film Festival) (premiere) 2001-10-01 * (Chicago International Film Festival) 2001-10-11 (Austin Film Festival) 2001-10-12 (New York Film Festival) 2001-10-19 (limited)
Genres Animation; Drama; Fantasy; Mystery;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for language and some violent images.
Running Time 1 hr. 39 min. 1 hr. 40 min. 1 hr. 41 min. 1 hr. 40 min. 1 hr. 41 min.