MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—Feature film Silver Screen Dreams, a New Century Films production, tells a story about triumph over hardships. The film is set in the backdrop of the Chinese film industry, but “it is very much a Hollywood story,” said actor, director, and producer David Patrick Wilson, who has been active in the American entertainment industry for over five decades.
On Oct. 1, Wilson and his wife Nan Gill Wilson watched Silver Screen Dreams at the Middletown Cinemas in Middletown, New York.
The film is about an A-list actress whose silver screen dream was shattered. Wilson said that in his early years in Hollywood, he had been subjected to similar treatment. “When I was a young actor, I was promised a huge part in a huge film,” Wilson told The Epoch Times, “but because of some sexual politics or financial politics, a now well-known and prominent actor was given the role. It had nothing to do with the merit of the performances.”
Wilson felt a deep resonance with the values conveyed in the film. “Love, cooperation, trust, compassion, honesty, and truth, all these values are what we very much need now in every film industry, in every industry, everywhere in the world. It’d be nice to filter down from the entertainment into everyday life.”
Wilson said, “we thoroughly enjoyed it. You don’t have to speak the language to know what’s being said. If it is honest, it is open, and it is truthful, it resonates.”
Nan Gill Wilson, an actress, producer, and talk show host, was moved by the film. “The only way to change the world is through compassion and love,” she said.
Silver Screen Dreams, starring Alyssa Zheng and Leah Feng, won honorable mentions for best lead actress and best composer at the American Golden Picture International Film Festival, and best actress in the feature category at the Canada Alternative Film Festival, as well as best costume design at the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival.
Lead actress Alyssa Zheng said that the film “brings people hope and strength, it reflects the positive side of humanity while depicting a cruel reality.”
The film premiere in New York will run in Middletown Cinemas until Wednesday, Oct. 12. It will also start showing at Kent Theater in Brooklyn, New York, on Oct. 8 and 9.
