Main Cast: John Boorman, John Hurt, Janet McTeer, Charley Boorman
Release Year: 1991
Country: UK/IE
Run Time: 49 minutes
Plot
Filmmaker John Boorman pulls an "8 1/2"-and a good one-in I Dreamt I Woke Up. In this rambling reflection on Boorman's life and career, the director appears as himself, while John Hurt shows up as his alter ego. Boorman's son Charley plays "The Green Man," a far-from-veiled reference to his starring appearance in his dad's The Emerald Forest. And Janet McTeer rounds out the cast as an "everywoman", essaying all sorts of hallucinatory roles. Short (1944) and bittersweet, I Dreamt I Woke Up was filmed in County Wicklow, Ireland; it was first shown in the US at the Telluride Film Festival, in tandem with Susan Seidelman's 26-minute comedy Dutch Master. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
I Dreamt I Woke Up is a 1991Irish short film directed by John Boorman. It stars John Hurt and Janet McTeer as well as himself and his son Charley. Commissioned by the BBC as part of the "The Director's Place" series, the essay/documentary explores the home and neighbours of John Boorman and the mystical qualities of the Wicklow Mountains as well as their influence on some of Boorman's films.
