In My Dreams on ABC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame

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In My Dreams is an enchanting story of true love. Katharine McPhee and Mike Vogel star in this tale of two single people who are frustrated with their love lives and yearn to find someone with whom they can enjoy life and love.

 

Natalie Russo (McPhee) has taken over her family’s Italian restaurant after the death of her beloved mother. She is intent on keeping everything exactly as it was when her mom was alive. The problem is that they don’t have any customers and she is struggling to survive and keep the restaurant afloat.

 

Nick Smith (Vogel) is an accomplished drafter who has desires of starting his own agency. His mother (JoBeth Williams) is more interested in getting him married off and never misses an opportunity to push him into a date with an available woman whom she feels would be a good match for her son.

 

One day both Natalie and Nick throw a coin into a fabled fountain and that night they dream about each other. The thing is, they have never met but they continue to meet in their dreams. They cannot wait for the days to be over so they can spend time with each other. However they are only dreaming about each other. Or are they? In their dreams, which, by the way, are linked so they both experience the same “dreams”, they get to know each other and as strange as it seems, they really do learn about one another.

 

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McPhee described the story. “Well, there’s an old wives’ tale involving the Hayward Fountain in our mythical town. If you make a wish, then toss a coin in the fountain, you’ll meet the man or woman of your dreams, and you’ll have the most fantastic dreams for seven nights. But if the dream couple haven’t actually met in the real world before that time limit expires ‐‐ well, it’s all over. Finito, as Natalie would say. So it’s really a race against time.”

 

According to Vogel, “One of the really interesting things about this movie is that Katharine and I actually hardly work together at all – only in the dream sequences, which are fairly brief. Most of the time we see Natalie in her restaurant and Nick in his office, where he’s having to deal with the boss from hell. He also has to deal with his mother, who’s absolutely determined to get him married, the sooner the better!”

 

This is a story that is definitely unique and in many ways, New Age.  It is mystical. Think about having the best relationship with someone only in your dreams. Then one day you realize that that dream person is real. The next step is to actually find him/her in their waking state.

 

“I’d describe it as a romance with hints of comedy,” says Vogel. “But at its heart it’s a romance.

 

McPhee agrees. “This is a romance, first and foremost. I firmly believe that Mr. Right or Ms. Right is out there for all of us. And who’s to say that throwing a coin in a fountain won’t lead you to the pot of gold at the end of the romance rainbow. I mean, if that can work for Nick and Natalie, why can’t it work for all of us? The trick is to find the right fountain!”

 

In My Dreams is an enchanting and charming story. After all, who hasn’t dreamt of someone and hoped that person was real? In this case, dreams do come true. In My Dreams premiers Sunday, April 20, 2014 on the Hallmark Hall of Fame on ABC.

 

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