Jeffery Patterson and Once Upon A Dream Productions capture Best Feature Film awards at 2014 IFFF

Is there room for good, clean family entertainment in the vein of The Walton’s? For the answer, go to founder of Once Upon A Dream Productions, Jeffery Patterson who believes there is and that the trend is growing.
By: Once Upon A Dream Productions
 
 
Best Feature Film "Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink" & Pearl Award, "Finding Harmony"
Best Feature Film "Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink" & Pearl Award, "Finding Harmony"
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Dec. 12, 2014 - PRLog -- Once Upon A Dream Productions is proud to announce that they have won two of the top two awards at the 19th Annual International Family Film Festival (IFFF): Best Feature Drama for Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink and the The Pearl Award for the film that best exemplifies the purity and enduring strength of the family bond, went to Finding Harmony.

Once Upon A Dream founder Jeffery Patterson was present to accept the awards at which he shared the genesis of Once Upon A Dream and his debut film, Finding Harmony (written by Judy Norton - The Waltons) noting "…thank you to everyone. This is true validation that we are on the right track – there are people who want good, clean family films.  This is the first film I’ve produced and it comes from being a single father of three for so many years (of three teenage girls)… who was constantly looking for something to watch as a family. “

Finding Harmony which captured the Pearl Award, is the story of Sam (Alison Eastwood) who returns home after the passing of her estranged father and legendary music producer JT Grayson (Ed Bruce). As if dealing with her rebellious teenage daughter, Harmony (Anna Margaret), wasn't enough, upon arrival she discovers that her ex-husband, country rock star Casey Colter (Billy Zane), is already there and stirring things up. With the fate of JT's legacy hanging in the balance this broken family must decide whether they will continue to live in the past or let the music and the beauty of the Alabama summer heal them.

The film, which was written by Judy Norton (“The Walton’s” Mary Ellen), directed by Dagen Merrill, produced by Once Upon A Dream Productions founder and Finding Harmony co-star Jeffery Patterson also stars Max Lloyd-Jones, William Shockley, Judy Norton, Barry Corbin, Sandra Ellis Lafferty and legendary country western singer, Ed Bruce (Mama Don't let your Babies Grow up to Be cowboys), was filmed on location at the legendary Fame Ranch in Alabama, USA. and Fame Studios.

The Best Feature Drama award went to Patterson's second feature film foray and starring debut, "Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink."   A true family-style Western set in 1863 directed by Matthew Gratzner (Award winning Visual Effects Supervision and BAFTA nominee for the Academy Award nominated films Hugo and Aviator, as well as Iron Man, Resident Evil: Extinction, Shutter Island, Real Steel, A Good Day to Die Hard, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Hancock, Aeon Flux, War of the Worlds, National Treasure and Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol among many others.  HBSD is the first film in a trilogy with Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2 already in post-production and HBSD3 set to film early 2015.

After losing their parents, 10-year old identical twin brothers, Vance and Tom Dillinger, are separated when Tom is kidnapped by outlaws.  The two meet again in 1893 after 30-years.  Vance Dillinger is now a U.S. Marshal, while Tom “Lucky” Dillinger (both played by Jeffery Patterson) is a wanted bandit with a bounty on his head.  A robbery gone wrong allows the identity of Lucky to be exposed, sending Vance and his posse on the trail to capture Lucky and his gang (Mirelly Taylor, Ronnie Gene Blevins).  A chance discovery unveils information that the killer of the Dillinger parents is still alive, leading Lucky on a ruthless quest for revenge, as Vance struggles between feelings of retribution and upholding the honor of legal justice. (Also stars William Shockley, Rex Linn, Grainger Hines.)


Once Upon A Dream Productions a California based family owned and operated Production Company whose mandate is to create studio quality, dynamic family entertainment.  In 2014 OUAD produced three family films and has a slate of four family films scheduled for 2015.

For more on Once Upon a Dream Productions:
Website: http://www.OnceUponaDreamProductions.com
Twitter: @OUADproductions

For more on Jeffery Patterson:
Website: JefferyPatterson.net
Fan Page: www.Facebook.com/jefferypattersonproduceractor
Twitter: @OfficialJeffery

For more on Finding Harmony:
Website: http://www.FindingHarmonyMovie.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/findingharmonymovie
Twitter: @finding_harmony
Instagram: @FindingHarmonyMovie
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt2608250/

For more on Hot Bath an’ a Stiff Drink (1 & 2):
Website: http://www.hotbathstiffdrink.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/HotBathStiffDrink
Twitter: @HBSDmovie
Instagram: @hotbathstiffdrink
HBSD 1 IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt2741626/
HBSD 2 IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt3369710/

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