Paul Novotny

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Paul Novotny

Background

Paul Novotny is a researcher in dream research at Thornhill College in Los Angeles, California. He worked with Alex Gardner for a year and a half.

During the events of Dreamscape (1984) played by Max Von Sydow

Paul shows a video of Alex to Jane DeVries and Bob Blair. Bob tells him that he wants Alex on the project and that he will find him. After Alex is brought to Thornhill, Paul shakes Alex's hand. He then tells him that he feels Alex has pissed away his psychic gifts. They go to the Village Pub and the Waitress brings them a pitcher of beer. Paul tells Alex about their research of placing someone telepathically into another person's dreamscape which he calls dreamlink. During the night, Alex sneaks into the dream chamber where Tech Aide 1 tells the others that Buddy's vital signs are increasing. Paul asks how Edward Simms is doing and Jane tells him that Edward is showing signs of extreme agitation and she decides to stop the dream.

In the morning, Paul tells Alex about Buddy and Edward and Alex tells him that he doesn't want to be a part of the research. Paul tells him that the IRS has become interested in his gambling winnings and offers to get the IRS off his back if he helps with the research. Alex is placed in the dream of Bill Hardy. Paul wakes him up and celebrates with Alex for successfully entering Bill's dream. Alex is placed in Mr. Webber's dream. After the dream, Paul tells Alex that Mr. Webber is suffering from an inferiority complex complicated with sexual performance issues. Alex convinces Paul to let him go into Buddy's dream. Tech Aide 1 hooks Buddy up and when Buddy starts to dream, Alex goes into the dream. Alex and Buddy then kill The Snakeman in Buddy's dream. Bob tells Paul that he is going to bring The President there so they can enter his dreams. While Mrs. Matusik is dreaming, her heart starts beating rapidly. Paul stares at Tommy Ray Glatman, who is in Mrs. Matusik's dream and Tech Aide 1 says that Mrs. Matusik's heart has stopped. A Nurse tries to save her, but Mrs. Matusik dies. Paul tells Bob that he is going to expose him and as Paul is leaving with a file on Bob, he is surrounded by Babcock and Finch and killed.