New York, NY - Indie film Killian & the Comeback Kids opened exclusively in theaters on September 18, 2020 and is set to roll out across the country on September 25. The movie is being distributed by Hope Runs High, the distributor of the groundbreaking theatrical re-release of Academy Award winner Lee Grant's documentary films, and the acclaimed streaming premiere of Jonathan Caouette's Cannes favorite, indie smashTarnation.
The movie is about a millienial (who is mixed race) coming back to his depressed rural hometown after an expensive college degree. It features an original folk/indie rock soundtrack and provides a hopeful message even more needed in 2020. It is written and directed by Taylor A. Purdee. Taylor plays the son of his real life father NAACP Image Award Nominee Nathan Purdee (One Life to Live, Superfly) as well as Emmy nominee Kassie De Paiva (Days of Our Lives, One Life to Live). Youtuber Maddi Jane has a cameo in it as does Oscarwinner Lee Grant.
It is produced by Karmic Release, Ltd. which produced Wallowitch & Ross THIS MOMENT (Oscar Shortlist) and Baghdad ER (Emmy winner). The movie is executive produced by Suzanne Ordas Curry (Equity, A Case of Blue) and Liam Higgins.
The movie also stars Broadway mainstay Shannon O'Boyle (Once, Kinky Boots), Emily Mest (Spring Awakening Nat'l Tour, American Horror Story, Ratchet), Shane Andries (Tomorrow Ever After, Blue Man Group) Andrew O'Shanick (Pitch Perfect) and newcomers John Donchak, and Yael Elisheva.
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