Some Columbia TriStar Press Releases

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SLEEPWALKERS
Saturdays at 9:00pm on NBC
Season Premiere: Nov. 1st

Dr. Nathan Bradford (Bruce Greenwood) is a neuropsychologist dedicated to the study of dreams, a once uncharted territory that is about to be explored in Sleepwalkers, the new NBC series from NBC Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television. Nathan and his top-notch team of psychologists and sleep researchers represent a new generation of heroes who enter the sleeping minds of others in an effort to uncover the mysteries which haunt their sleeping hours but which have a profound psychological and physiological effect on their waking lives as well.

When Nathan's wife lapsed into a coma two years ago following a car accident, additional fuel was added to the fire which burned within Nathan to find a way to communicate with the unconscious mind. At the Morpheus Institute, Nathan and his small but dedicated team of professionals developed a technique which allows them, through the syncing of brainwave function, to enter the dream of the patient. The goal is, very simply, therapy -- allowing the dreamer to view his experiences in a new light, to free him of the nightmares that hold his waking life hostage.

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And, also this fall as part of NBC's innovative "Saturday Night Thrillogy" comes Sleepwalkers, a new one hour drama that, with the help of 21st century technology, helps doctors explore and unravel the mysteries of people's subconscious. Sleepwalkers starring Bruce Greenwood (St. Elsewhere), Jeffrey D. Sams (Living Single), and Abraham Benrubi (ER) will air Saturday's, (9:00 - 10:00 pm ET/PT) on NBC.

Some NBC Press Releases

Press Release no. 1:

A brilliant doctor and a team of scientists decipher the mysteries of the subconscious by entering people's dreams in this captivating new drama.

Beyond the Waking World

Journey into the subconscious with an elite team of Sleepwalkers who enter patients' dream worlds to help combat their demons. The staff of The Morpheus Institute is often the last hope for those plagued by the nocturnal world. Neurophysiologist Nathan Bradford (Bruce Greenwood) works with Kate Russel (Naomi Watts), Ben Costigan (Jeffrey D. Sams) and Vincent Konefke (Abraham Benrubi) to cross the line between the conscious and the subconscious. Together, the team confronts the problems of their clients - battling their innermost demons in a place where anything you can imagine is possible... and deadly.

NBC Press Release #2:

Ever wonder what your dreams mean? This journey into the dream world combines the action and suspense of never knowing when reality ends and begins, and provides viewers a thrilling assault on all senses. A unique hour, directed by David Nutter (The X-Files, Millennium), Sleepwalkers travels to the worlds that exist only in your wildest, sometimes deadliest, dreams.

The last hope for those plagued by their nocturnal world is a place called The Morpheus Institute. Founded by top neurophysiologist Nathan Bradford, the Institute allows members of its elite staff to enter other people's dream worlds - and help combat their demons. More often than not, the lines between reality and dream are dangerously blurred.

The head dream interpreter/psychologist, Kate Russel, tries to find the significant link between the conscious and the subconscious. Steve Turner, cofounder of the Institute, specializes in pushing the envelope, staying in the dream world longer and longer each time. The newest recruit is Ben Costigan - a former patient, and former fighter pilot, who's not afraid of risk. Which is fortunate because, in the dream world, if Steve, Ben or Kate get hurt, the injury translates into the real world. Offering technical support is Vincent Konefke - an emotional computer expert.

Together, the team confronts the problems of strangers - in a place where nothing is as it seems, and anything imaginable is possible.

CAST Bruce Greenwood: Nathan Naomi Watts: Kate Jeffrey D. Sams: Ben Abraham Benrubi: Vincent Kathrin Nicholson: Gail

Production Company: NBC Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television
Executive Producers/Writers: David S. Goyer, Stephen Kronish
Director: David Nutter

1997 National Broadcasting Company

NBC Press Release #3

Bruce Greenwood (St. Elsewhere, Nowhere Man) headlines an ensemble cast in this one-hour "thrillogy" drama as Dr. Nathan Bradford, a neurophysiologist and founder of the Morpheus Institute, a cutting-edge research facility dedicated to the study of dreams and their mysterious link to the waking world.

Bradford’s driving motivation is his heartrending desire to communicate with his comatose wife, Gail (Kathrin Nicholson, A Twist of Fate), whom he can only talk to in their shared dreams. With his fellow scientists, Bradford has created the technology to enter his patients’ dreams to help them resolve subconscious issues that manifest themselves as recurring nightmares, ones which can have potentially deadly waking-world implications.