New Thriller at Oakdale Theater Has Twin Cities Ties

The new independent film Profile of a Killer, which is currently playing in two local theaters, has some Twin Cities connections. 

Held over for the second week at the Marcus Oakdale Theatre and Hastings theaters, Profile of a Killer includes some scenes shot in Roseville and St. Paul, according to Greg Reid, father of Jasmine Reid, producer of the psychological thriller.

Reid, of Roseville, said that the local scenes include footage from his home and garage and stretches along Highway 61. He added the movie also includes local actors and film production workers. 

"It's kind of exciting," Reid said. 

The film runs about an hour and a half; it was written and directed by Caspian Tredwell-Owen, whose other credits include  Beyond Borders (2003) and The Island (2005), according to Wikipedia. 

Stars of the movie—Gabe Angieri, Kirsten Gregerson and Robert Larsen—were at the Oakdale move theater on Saturday to sign posters and meet moviegoers.

In a press release, the film's publicists said Profile of a Killer has been enjoying a wave of grassroots support, with audiences calling it “thought provoking.” 

“I first conceived the movie in the wake of the shootings at Columbine,”  Tredwell-Owen said in a statement. “It was tragic but somehow it seemed like a harbinger as well.”

Tredwell-Owen said he cast his antagonist as a 15-year-old boy named David, who proves a cunning and resourceful adversary to both the police and his nemesis, FBI profiler Saul. The movie explores David’s psyche and the forces that forged it.

“We live in a media-driven culture” said Tredwell-Owen, “where non-entity can become celebrity overnight, with no apparent effort or merit. David is simply struggling with the question of how to ‘be somebody’ in the 21st century. “More and more, we’re venturing to extremes to get attention in what is now, thanks to social media, a global forum. What worries me is—where will it end?”

For further details, visit the movie's Facebook page.

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