Thriller Dreaming Hollywood (2021) has been described as “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) meets Tarantino action”. And one doesn’t need to see the movie to guess this is going to be a surreal trip by only reading that the story centers on a deranged ex-con who seeks revenge when he discovers that his screenplay has been stolen.
Take a deep dive into Ray Balfi’s bizarre world of psychotic drug dealers, incompetent cops, and social rejects as he tries to begin a new life direction and shops his cartoon screenplay to 100 L.A. production companies. While facing rejection after rejection Ray learns that someone has stolen his script and made his movie, The Dog’s Meow without his permission. Now, Ray’s already messed-up life is thrown into catastrophic mayhem. This dark, action-comedy slowly reels you into its Kubrick-like world of oddballs, outcasts, and sociopaths. Punctuated by magical musical interludes and hyper-violent killing sprees, Fade Out Ray delivers one of the wildest rides you’ll take this year.
This is the debut film of producer, writer, and director Frank Martinez.
The main cast is formed by Turk Matthews, Madelyn Allen, Link Ruiz, Brian Hanford, Yilin Wang, I. Elijah Baughman, Thomas F. Evans, Chris Kinkade, Matt Stevens, and musician Eliot.
Dreaming Hollywood (2021) won the Audience Award at the Erie International Film Festival, and the Best Feature Film award at the London International Monthly Film Festival. It also took part in other film festivals like Baja California International Film Festival, Los Angeles Lift Off Film Festival, Studio City International Film & TV Festival, Rome International Movie Festival, and 4TheaterMovies Film Festival where it compete for several awards. Now, it is scheduled for a theatrical premiere at the Laemmle Royal Theater in Los Angeles on March 15, 2022, followed by the digital release the next week on March 22.
Cleopatra Entertainment is releasing a Blu Ray package that also includes the audio soundtrack CD, featuring the music of DMX, ONYX, and more.
Watch here the official trailer for Dreaming Hollywood (2021).
