Dreamland (2019 Canadian film)
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| Directed by | Bruce McDonald |
| Written by | Tony Burgess Patrick Whistler |
| Produced by | Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira Sebastian Schelenz |
| Starring | Stephen McHattie Juliette Lewis Henry Rollins Tómas Lemarquis |
| Cinematography | Richard Van Oosterhout |
| Edited by | Duff Smith |
| Music by | Jonathan Goldsmith |
Production companies | Calach Films Goodbye Productions Velvet Films |
| Distributed by | A71 Entertainment Dark Star Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Dreamland is a 2019 Canadian fantasy drama-thriller film, directed by Bruce McDonald. The film stars Stephen McHattie in a dual role as The Maestro, a jazz musician who has been hired by the Countess (Juliette Lewis) to play at the wedding of her vampire brother (Tómas Lemarquis), and Johnny Deadeyes, a hitman who has been hired by crime boss Hercules (Henry Rollins) to kill the musician.
The film has been described as a "spinoff" of McDonald's 2008 film Pontypool, in that it jumps off from the post-credits scene in Pontypool in which McHattie and Lisa Houle were depicted in period garb speaking a foreign language.
The film premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival in 2019, and was screened at various film festivals before going into commercial release in 2020. It received mixed reviews from critics who noted the lack of coherence.