Mazzoleni Presents VICTOR VASARELY: Einstein in the Sky With Diamonds in London The Global Tourism Film Festival (GTFF): Tour De Force Lineup Highlights From Artsphoria’s Culture and Entertainment News Service “That’s what we tried to do with ‘Dreams Awake’ and what we’re going to try to do with ‘One Hand Clapping’.Atlantic City Provides Inspiration for Chapter 2 in Debut Novel “Some films are just popcorn, fun films, but I like to tell stories with more substance to that,” he said. The story not only shows real-life struggles of family connection, but also a stronger theme of faith and metaphysical possibilities. Gray then recruited fellow “Buck Rogers of the 25th Century” star, Tim O’Connor to join her in Deal’s film. Gray could not immediately audition, but once she read a scene, where her character finds long-lost journals from her deceased parents, the producers were blown away. That film was “Dreams Awake” and Deal said he knew he wanted her in the project from the beginning. “I said to the universe, ‘Please bring me a film that embraces the ideas that I so love and that is more inspiring and uplifting than a horror film where I get eaten by ghouls.’,” Gray said. She was killed in the film and as she sat in the Romanian streets, she couldn’t believe where her acting career had taken her. Gray, a main cast member of the late-1970’s science fiction series, “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” said she was drawn to the film after finishing the movie, “Ghouls” in Romania. The mother, played by Erin Gray, struggles with finding herself and mysteries surrounding her parents’ sudden death in the mountains during her adolescence. “Dreams Awake” follows a family through a unique experience in a mountainous region of California. “I was really frustrated with all the screenplays I was writing not getting made so I directed the thing myself and put a pretty good cast together.” “As I got older I wanted to develop some of my own projects so we filmed ‘Dreams Awake’ in Mount Shasta, Calif.,” he said. It’s good when you realize that you and your family aren’t the only ones wanting to see it.”ĭeal began his film career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles, but said the ageism in Hollywood lessened his work and pushed him to make his own dreams come true. “It’s fun to do, but I enjoy the work much more. “I like to say I don’t do it for the awards,” Deal said. The film has toured festivals around the world and won 17 awards, including “The Best Feature Film” award at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in the United Kingdom. To introduce the new project, Deal recently screened his latest feature film, “Dreams Awake,” which he wrote, directed and produced. The movie is anticipated to be filmed as a result of crowd funding – a financing mechanism that utilizes public donations – and has garnered nearly $11,500 toward its $1.25 million goal. The story will take place in a small Texas town and is centered on reincarnation through a multi-generational storyline. His dream to make a Texas-based film might become a reality with his newest venture, “One Hand Clapping,” which is set to begin filming next spring. His brother, Jay, still lives in the area and his father was an accomplished journalist, working for years at the San Antonio-Express News. When Jerry Alden Deal decided to make independent films, he knew one of the set locations had to be in Central Texas.ĭeal has strong roots in Round Rock and the Central Texas area because he lived here on-and-off through his life and partially raised his sons in Round Rock.
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