Shades of Love: Lilac Dream

1987 1h 30m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 2

Romance

Synopsis

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The story of a young woman alone on an island and a young man washed ashore from a shipwreck. She nurses him back to health, falling in love with him along the way.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Dack Rambo
Matt
Susan Almgren
Tamara
Walter Massey
Ezra
Arthur Grosser
Doc Hamilton
Philip Pretten
Tom
Barry Blake
Harbour Master

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jimmy Kaufman
Writers: Serita Deborah Stevens, Julian Roffman
Countries: Canada

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Shades of Love" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Dack Rambo and Susan Almgren and Walter Massey carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0093946 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jimmy Kaufman directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Shades of Love" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Dack Rambo and Susan Almgren and Walter Massey carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0093946 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Shades of Love: Lilac Dream (1987)

Part of

Shades of Love

Shades of Love is a collection of romantic and dramatic made-for-television and direct-to-video films. The films paired well-known leading men with lesser known Canadian actresses. Aired in Canada and sold individually on VHS in North America, the Shades of Love film series was geared towards females who bought romance novels.