What Dreams May Come Directed by | Vincent Ward Produced by | Barnet Bain Ronald Bass Stephen Deutsch Ted Field Erica Huggins Scott Kroopf Written by | Richard Matheson (original) Ronald Bass Starring | Robin Williams Cuba Gooding, Jr. Annabella Sciora Max von Sydow Music by | Michael Kamen Cinematography | Eduardo Serra Editing by | David Brenner Maysie Hoy Distributed by | Polygram Filmed Entertainment Interscope Communications Metafilmics Release date(s) | October 2, 1998 Running time | 113 min Country | United States Language | English IMDb profile What Dreams May Come is a 1998 film about a man (played by Robin Williams) who marries, loses his children and then dies in a car accident. His wife is left alone and commits suicide. He must now rescue his wife from her self-inflicted "hell."