Kevin Downes & Andrew Erwin | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Steve Brown, Etc.

SBE is going to the movies! This week, the Etcetera gang chat with producers Kevin Downes and Andy Erwin about their new film, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. https://bestchristmaspageantever.movie/ @kingdomstorycompany

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GUEST BIOS
Kevin Downes is a writer, director, producer, and actor whose career spans more than three decades. Early in his career, he produced a critically-acclaimed film starring Academy Award-winner Mira Sorvino. More recently, Kevin partnered with filmmakers Jon and Andrew Erwin to form Kingdom Story Company where he serves as CEO. Kevin’s latest movie just opened in theaters and it’s called The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

Andy Erwin is half of the filmmaking duo, The Erwin Brothers, and serves as Chief Creative Officer at Kingdom Story Company. In 2010, Andrew and his brother Jon began exclusively developing dramatic feature films. Their projects include Mom's Night Out, Woodlawn, I Can Only Imagine, Jesus Revolution, Unsung Hero, and White Bird.

00:00 - Intro
02:10 - Meet Kevin Downes
04:38 - Kevin on remaking The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
06:08 - The lineage of this classic film
08:42 - Why did it take SO LONG to remake this movie?!
09:54 - What changes did the filmmakers bring to this version?
13:37 - Kevin on the film's cast and casting process
16:48 - The thought that went into the dynamics of the protagonist family
23:18 - The subtle power of the film's message
29:02 - An unexpected cameo by... Andy Erwin!
33:11 - A funny behind-the-scenes story from Andy
36:01- Andy's favorite Christmas films
37:38 - Closing thoughts
39:25 - Next week's guest is...

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