Broke Sky is a 2007 neo-noir

Neo-noir

Neo-noir is a style often seen in modern motion pictures and other forms that prominently utilize elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in films noir of the 1940s and 1950s.-History:The term Film Noir was coined by...

 35 millimeter film, and has been compared to such films as No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy. Set along the United States–Mexico border in 1980, the story concerns an illicit drug deal gone wrong in a remote desert location. The title comes from the poem "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats...

 and Blood Simple

Blood Simple

Blood Simple is a 1984 neo-noir crime film. It was the directorial debut of Joel Coen and the first major film of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, who later became a noted director...

. It is the directorial debut of cinematographer

Cinematographer

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 Thomas L. Callaway

Thomas L. Callaway

Thomas L. Callaway is a director/cinematographer from Waco, Texas. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.-Filmography:*Rain from Stars *Something Wicked *Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling*The Devil's Tomb...

. The film stars Will Wallace, Joe Unger

Joe Unger

Joseph 'Joe' Unger is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1984 horror hit film A Nightmare on Elm Street as Sgt...

, Bruce Glover

Bruce Glover

Bruce Herbert Glover is an American character actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of homosexual assassin Mr. Wint in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. He is also the father of actor Crispin Glover.-Life and career:...

, Duane Whitaker

Duane Whitaker

Duane Whitaker is an American actor.Duane Whitaker is probably best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino's popular 1994 film Pulp Fiction as Maynard, the sadistic pawn shop owner. He wrote and portrayed the title role in Eddie Presley...

 and Barbara Chisholm.

Plot

Bucky and Earl are the two man team that collect and dispose of road kill for the county. A new, specially designed carcass removal truck forces them to choose which one of them gets to keep his job and who is let go. Earl comes up with a plan so they can both keep their jobs, but it means working at night. One night they are called out to Rufus's house where there is something dead in the well that needs to be removed. When Earl and Bucky discover what is fouling the well, their shock and confusion turns to panic and fear as they figure out what to do. Disagreement and conflict arise between them and this gradually builds to mistrust, suspicion and mystery, revealing secrets of a dirty, vile, inconceivable past. A past as repulsive as the road kill they scoop off the road.

Production

Broke Sky was shot on location in Waco, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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Featured cast

Actor	Role
Will Wallace	Bucky
Joe Unger Joe Unger Joseph 'Joe' Unger is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1984 horror hit film A Nightmare on Elm Street as Sgt...	Earl
Bruce Glover Bruce Glover Bruce Herbert Glover is an American character actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of homosexual assassin Mr. Wint in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. He is also the father of actor Crispin Glover.-Life and career:...	Rufus
Duane Whitaker Duane Whitaker Duane Whitaker is an American actor.Duane Whitaker is probably best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino's popular 1994 film Pulp Fiction as Maynard, the sadistic pawn shop owner. He wrote and portrayed the title role in Eddie Presley...	Sheriff Winslow
Barbara Chisholm	Becky

Awards

Dances With Films

• 2007: Won, Grand Jury Award

Memphis Indie Film Festival

• 2007: Won, Best Narrative Feature

Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (IIFC)

• 2010: Won, Best Cinematography

External links

• http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934221.html?categoryid=31&cs=1
• http://www.laweekly.com/2007-07-05/film-tv/dances-with-films/
• Official Website