McCulloch to attend CIFF’s Gala Presentation of Comeback Season

From the CIFF press release:

Calgary, AB – Alberta’s Bruce McCulloch (director of Dog Park, Superstar and Stealing Harvard) will be in attendance at the Western Canadian Premiere Gala presentation of his newest film, Comeback Season, on Saturday, September 23, during the 2006 Calgary International Film Festival.

A cheating husband and an injured high school football star both try to make the most of second chances in Bruce McCulloch's marital comedy Comeback Season. Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) stars as Walter Pearce, whose confession of infidelity gets him kicked out of the house. Embittered, Ray’s wife rallies her daughters, destroys Walter’s possessions and empties the joint-accounts.

After a night of misbehaving, Walter finds himself sharing a jail cell with Skylar Eckerman (Shaun Sipos, also seen in Mel Gibson’s Complete Savages), the town’s football star who has recently been sidelined by a knee injury. Despite a troubled history, a truce is established and the men end up as roommates. Their shared experience allows them to overcome their challenges of injury and a broken family.

Starring with Liotta and Sipos in Comeback Season are Glenne Headly (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Rachel Blanchard (Road Trip) and Brooke Nevin (Strange Days.)

Comeback Season shot on location in Calgary and Edmonton in the late spring of 2005.

Comeback Season is written and directed by Bruce McCulloch who, in addition to his award winning work with “The Kids in the Hall,” has directed Dog Park, Superstar and Stealing Harvard. The producers are Susan Cavan (Stealing Harvard, Superstar) and Shirley Vercruysse (Radiant City, A Problem With Fear.)

Comeback Season will be screened at the CAMERA Gala on Saturday, September 23, 2006 at the Uptown Stage & Screen at 7:00pm. Gala Reception to follow at Hotel Arts, 119 - 12th Ave S.W.

The 2006 Calgary International Film Festival will run from September 22 – October 1, 2006, at select theatres.

For more information visit www.calgaryfilm.com.