Teenage Badass

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Teenage Badass
Directed byGrant McCord
Written by
Produced by
  • Chuckie Duff
  • Anthony A. DiMaria
  • Jeff Dykhuizen
  • Mcabe Gregg
  • Grant McCord
  • Matthew Dho
Starring
  • Mcabe Gregg
  • Evan Ultra
  • Madelyn Deutch
  • Dillon Lane
  • Elsie Hewitt
  • Tucker Audie
  • Brandon "crsh." White
CinematographyAndric Queen-Booker
Music by Bob Hoag
Production
companies
Distributed byFreestyle Digital Media
Release date
  • September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
Running time
99 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Teenage Badass is a 2020 American coming-of-age comedy film, written by Matthew Dho and Grant McCord, and directed by Grant McCord. It stars Mcabe Gregg, Evan Ultra, Madelyn Deutch, Dillon Lane, Elsie Hewitt, Tucker Audie, and Brandon "crsh." White, with Karsen Liotta, Kevin Corrigan, and Julie Ann Emery.

Contents

Plot

Teenage Badass tells the story of the rise of a fictional indie rock band named Stylo and the Murder Dogs. Set in 2006, we follow Brad (Mcabe Gregg), a teenage drummer who dreams of making it big in a rock band. Brad and his single-mother Rae (Julie Ann Emery) struggle to get by as Brad refuses to give up. On a fluke, Brad joins a new band fronted by singer/songwriter Kirk Stylo. They land a shot to play on a local news show. With the town buzzing from their performance, Brad's dreams inch closer when they're asked to record with Jordan (Kevin Corrigan), a legendary local producer. Just as everything seems to be falling into place, a series of chaotic events threaten everything.

Cast

Production

In February 2019, the film was announced to be currently filming principal photography with Mcabe Gregg, Madelyn Deutch, Dillon Lane, Elsie Hewitt, Kane Ritchotte, Julie Ann Emery, Karsen Liotta, and James Paxton as cast and Grant McCord directing from a screenplay he wrote with Matthew Dho. Chuckie Duff served as executive producer under his Common Wall Media production company with Jeff Dykhuizen and Anthony DiMaria producing. [2]

Release

The film was originally slated to have its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 16, 2020. [3] The actual screening of the film on its slated date never transpired when South by Southwest 2020 was canceled on March 6, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [4] the result of an order by the city of Austin. [5] The city's Mayor Steve Adler announced the cancellation of the 2020 SXSW while declaring a local state of emergency. [6]

The film was also set to screen at the Phoenix Film Festival [7] on March 26, 2020, and the RiverRun International Film Festival [8] on March 28, 2020, however both events were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] [10]

Freestyle Digital Media is set to release the film on through video-on-demand on September 18, 2020. [11]

Awards and nominations

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientResult
RiverRun International Film Festival 2020Best Actor – Re:vision Independent Feature Competition [12] Mcabe GreggWon

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References

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  2. ↑ N'Duka, Amanda (February 11, 2019). "Julie Ann Emery, Karsen Liotta Topline 'Teenage Badass'". Deadline . Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Setoodeh, Ramin (January 15, 2020). "SXSW Film Festival to Include Movies From Issa Rae, Pete Davidson and Tiffany Haddish". Variety . Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ "SXSW 2020 Has Been Canceled Following Coronavirus Fears". BuzzFeed News . 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  5. ↑ "City of Austin Cancels SXSW March Events". 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  6. ↑ "Austin Cancels SXSW over COVID-19 Concerns". 6 March 2020.
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  12. ↑ RiverRun announces 2020 Jury Awards winners, 27 May 2020, retrieved 2020-08-10
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