Who is KK Downey? nabs Audience Award in Boston!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Montreal, Tuesday March 25, 2008 — Just 2 weeks after getting the New Vision Award at the Cinequest Film Festival for its world premiere, Who is KK Downey? picked up the Audience Award at the Boston Underground Film Festival this weekend.
Who is KK Downey? is a first feature by Montreal’s collective Kidnapper Films. This film tells the story of two perennial losers who want more than anything to be famous, popular, and successful. The only thing is, Terrence’s indie band is a joke, and Theo can’t get Truck Stop Hustler, his touching book about a young male prostitute, published anywhere. Things change, however, when they decide to print Theo’s book under the name of its fictional protagonist: KK Downey. The book becomes a sensation, with over-privileged twenty-somethings wanting desperately to identify with the tragic figure. Things have turned around for Terrence, who poses as the enigmatic KK, but at what price?
Who is KK Downey? is scheduled to be released by Atopia in the US and Canada next summer.
September 17th, 2008 at 7:59 am
I have to wait until Summer 2009? It’s been ages since the Philadelphia Film Festival, and I want it on DVD now!
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Nice, we love enthusiasm when it comes to the movie-I think it’ll be Christmas 2008 for the flick and it will have a buttload of extras. We’ll keep you posted as we figure her out, thanks for the comment!