What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come is a 1998 American fantasy drama film directed by Vincent Ward and adapted by Ronald Bass from the 1978 novel by Richard Matheson. Starring Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra, and Cuba Gooding Jr., 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. The film was released by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment on October 2, 1998 and received mixed reviews, with praise for its scenery but criticism for the plot. It was a box-office bomb, grossing only $75.4 million against a budget of $85‒90 million.