So I haven’t covered the upcoming Danish comedy Klown just yet, but yesterday I received the full press packet including a batch of ten stills, the poster and the red band trailer, most have been out and around the Internet already, but considering I haven’t mentioned any of them around these parts it’s all new to me.
First off, the film has been receiving a lot of buzz since its Texas premiere at Fantastic Fest where it won “Best Picture” in the Comedy Features competition and Todd Phillips is already expected to produce an English language remake with Danny McBride in the lead role, which seems about right after watching the certainly not safe for work red band trailer below (which really is most of a clip than a trailer).
The film follows two wildly inappropriate friends – played by celebrated international comedians Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen (who also wrote the picture) – as they run amok through the Danish countryside plowing through endless awkward confrontations and unspeakable debaucheries. Hopelessly wrongheaded Frank “kidnaps” the 12-year-old nephew of his pregnant girlfriend in an eager attempt to prove his fatherhood potential to join sex-crazed Casper on his secret adulterous weekend canoe trip. From exclusive brothels, hospitalizations, armed robberies and even prison, the three paddle downstream from one chaotic misadventure to the next culminating in a surprise sentimental portrait of friendship and a final shocking reveal that you won’t soon unsee.
I’m actually planning on seeing this film this weekend at a midnight screening at the Seattle Film Festival should all things work out. The film will be released in Los Angeles, New York, Austin and on VOD on July 27.
Check out the red band trailer and poster directly below.
