{"product_id":"laofhe1","title":"The Lathe of Heaven (1980) DVD Bruce Davison \u0026 Kevin Conway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lathe of Heaven\u003c\/strong\u003e 1980 DVD (Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Color. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeautifully re-mastered. New, lower price!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarring: Bruce Davison, Peyton E. Park, Niki Flacks, Kevin Conway, Vandi Clark, Margaret Avery, Bernedette Whitehead, Jo Livingston, Jane Roberts. Written by Roger Swaybill, Diane English based on the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. Directed by Fred Barzyck, David R. Loxton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis haunting adaptation of\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Ursula K. Le Guin's genre-classic novel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was broadcast but once on PBS in 1980. Reportedly PBS's most requested program, the made-for-TV film was at last rebroadcast in 2000. Set in Portland, Oregon, in the near future, The Lathe of Heaven stars Bruce Davison as George Orr, who, to put it mildly, has a dream problem. Not only do his dreams come true, but they \"change reality back to the Stone Age.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKevin Conway costars as Dr. Haber, a dream specialist who instantly recognizes George's gift and tries to harness it to make the whole world right. But, as George notes, \"Unlimited power means unlimited danger.\" The increasingly megalomaniacal Haber uses George to try to cure the world's ills, from overpopulation to war, resulting in, for starters, a devastating plague and even alien invasion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Lathe of Heaven is one of the few great works of science fiction that will stand the test of time, and is still as intriguing and thought provoking as it was back in 1980.\" - Media Market Update\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003eIn January of 2018 Ms. Le Guin passed away. Here is a small bit from her LA Times obituary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Acclaimed science-fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin died Monday in her hometown of Portland, Ore., her agent confirmed. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Guin was born Oct. 21, 1929, the daughter of Alfred Louis Kroeber, an acclaimed anthropologist who recorded Native American oral histories, and Theodora Kroeber, who penned the widely read book about a California Indian, \"Ishi in Two Worlds.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe was raised in Berkeley, got her undergraduate degree at Radcliffe followed by a master's degree at Columbia in French and Italian literature and then earned a Fulbright scholarship that took her to France. It was there that she met her husband, Charles Le Guin. Together they settled in Portland, Ore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I love concrete facts, whether they're real or invented,\" she told The Times in 1985. \"Part of the grip of fantasy is the day-to-day realism of the story.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYet Le Guin shied away from cuteness. When the National Book Foundation honored her with the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2014, she took the stage and criticized the audience. \"Books, you know, they're not just commodities,\" she told the room full of major publishers. \"The profit motive often is in conflict with the aims of art.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe will be missed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"VMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45929808592949,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0035\/4058\/2467\/files\/111DVD-CC-LATHE_OF_HEAVEN_FRONT_COVER.jpg?v=1787778434","url":"https:\/\/giddyupvideo.com\/products\/laofhe1","provider":"Giddy Up Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}