History Film / Daredreamer

* StageFright: Winston is reluctant to share his songs and dreams with his friends despite carrying his guitar case around on the regular. Early on, he dreams about being naked and fainting from embarrassment when called on to give a report.

* MagicalNegro: Zach's main role is to share wisdom with Winston and encourage him to share his daydreams with the class. It's a more literal example than normal, as [[spoiler:he also appears in the dream world to give advice]].

Winston (Tim Noah) is a daydreamer to the max; in his mind's eye he can be anything from a rock star to a hard-boiled cop. His wild fantasies go beyond mere imagination to actively interfering in his high school life and earning him taunts and jabs from the local bullies. When the administration finally has enough of his antics, Winston is expelled from school and goes to the janitor Zach (Michael A. Jackson), who moonlights on the saxophone, for help. Winston also learns that class romantic Jennie (Alyce [=LaTourelle=]) shares his daydreaming habits, and with the help of his friends, he might just be able to turn his lofty dreams into reality.

* MrImagination: Winston is a highly imaginative kid whose daydreams are so vivid the viewer sees them as really happening. This is deconstructed in that they're so realistic he has trouble with his schoolwork, while Jennie, who shares the compulsion, is much more high-functioning.

* LeftHanging: Winston's expulsion from school is never addressed at the end of the film, nor are his daydreaming issues.

Winston (Tim Noah) is a daydreamer to the max; in his mind's eye he can be anything from a rock star to a hard-boiled cop. His wild fantasies go beyond mere imagination to actively interfering in his high school life and earning him taunts and jabs from the local bullies. When the administration finally has enough of his antics, Winston is expelled from school and goes to the janitor Zach (Michael A. Jackson), who moonlights on the saxophone, for help. Winston also learns that class beauty Jennie (Alyce [=LaTourelle=]) shares his daydreaming habits, and with the help of his friends, he might just be able to turn his lofty dreams into reality.

* RomanticFalselead: Winston is initially infatuated with Cindy, who couldn't care less about him, before striking up a genuine romance with Jennie.

* ExplosiveResults: In chemistry class, Winston's daydreams lead him to somehow blow up the lab. (What exactly happens is covered by explosions and smoke, but everyone blames him.)

Despite being completed and screening at film festivals, the film failed to find a distributor and was never officially released in the US on VHS or DVD. A print with permission from the director can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM1f5cu7yCs here]].

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Winston's friend Max is the normal one of their duo and tries to help him function in the everyday.

Winston (Tim Noah) is a daydreamer to the max; in his mind's eye he can be anything from a rock star to a hard-boiled cop. His wild fantasies go beyond mere imagination to actively interfering in his high school life and earning him taunts and jabs from the local bullies. When the administration finally has enough of his antics, Winston is expelled from school and goes to the janitor Zach (Michael A. Jackson), who moonlights on the saxophone, for help. Winston also learns that class beauty Jennie (Alyce [=LaTourelle=]) shares his daydreaming habits, and with help of his friends, he might just be able to turn his lofty dreams into reality.

''Daredreamer'' is a heavily obscure musical fantasy-comedy movie directed and co-written by Barry Caillier and Pat and Patricia Royce. It was completed in 1989 after a multi-year filming process. The film was largely made as a vehicle for its star, children's entertainer Tim Noah, who also wrote and composed the songs.

''Daredreamer'' is a heavily obscure 1989 musical fantasy-comedy movie directed and co-written by Barry Caillier and Pat and Patricia Royce over a series of years. The film was largely made as a vehicle for its star, children's entertainer Tim Noah, who also wrote and composed the songs.

* NotWearingPantsDream: When called on to give a report, Winston dreams that he's not wearing any clothes and everyone, teacher included, laughs in his face.

* GenreShift: Winston and Jennie's daydreams run the gamut from a punk-rock robot apocalypse to a gentle ballet, with the filming style shifting to accommodate the different genres.

* RandomEventsPlot: The one constant of Winston's daydreams is being a famous rock star, but everything ''else'' he dreams up tends to be completely random and only tangentially related to whatever's going on around him.

* TragicDropout: After being held back for years because of his daydreaming tendencies, the school system has enough of Winston and expels him.

''Daredreamer'' is a heavily obscure 1989 musical fantasy-comedy movie directed and co-written by Barry Caillier and Pat and Patricia Royce over a series of years. The movie was made as a vehicle for its star Tim Noah, who also wrote and composed the songs.

* Delinquents: The Three-Ds gang causes mayhem around school and are frequently seen rollerskating to class.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's implied, but neevr confirmed, that the daydream worlds are 'real' to some extent given how vivid they are and how Winston and Jennie can not only interact in them, but change the dream.