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Who Is KK Downey?

Who Is KK Downey?

By Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely

Canada 90 minutes 2008 English
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Awards
  • Audience Award (Winner) - 2008 Boston Underground Film Festival (Boston, United States)
  • Best Costume Design (Winner) - 2008 Genie Awards (Toronto, Canada)
  • New Vision Award (Winner) - 2008 Cinequest Film Festival (San Jose, United States)
Festivals
  • Boston Underground Film Festival 2008 (Boston, United States)
  • Cinequest Film Festival 2008 (San Jose, United States)
  • Fantasia Festival 2008 (Montreal, Canada)
  • Mauvais Genre Film Festival 2008 (Tours, France)
  • Philadelphia Film Festival 2008 (Philadelphia, United States)
  • Raindance Film Festival 2008 (London, United Kingdom)

Synopsis

Who Is KK Downey? is 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 a hilarious riff on media hype and hipster ideology as told by acclaimed Montreal comedy group Kidnapper Films. Produced by Brandi-Ann Milbradt (The Festival and The Business), starring Kristin Adams (Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies), Paul Spence (Fubar) and Matt Silver (The Business)

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