Back Fork is a 2019 American drama film directed by Josh Stewart, starring Josh Stewart, A. J. Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Wade Williams and Dorothy Lyman.
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| Directed by | Josh Stewart |
| Written by | Josh Stewart |
| Produced by | Josh Stewart Tony Sgro Jeffrey Tinnell Robert Tinnell |
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| Cinematography | Ellie Ann Fenton |
| Edited by | Yaniv Dabach |
Production companies | Allegheny Image Factory Back Fork Productions |
| Distributed by | Uncork'd Entertainment |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editOnce a hardworking family-man, Waylon now struggles to hold his life together after an unbearable tragedy. He and his wife go through the motions of life, but all the suffering pushes Waylon to a dependency on pills and a destructive lifestyle.
Cast
edit- Josh Stewart as Waylon
- A. J. Cook as Nida
- Agnes Bruckner as Rayleen
- Wade Williams as Bill
- Dorothy Lyman as Susie
- Doug Bradley as Sheriff
Release
editThe film was released on 5 April 2019.[1]
Reception
editFrank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter praised Stewart's performance and wrote that while the film "doesn’t break any new ground either in terms of substance or style", it "packs a quiet punch".[1]
Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times called the film "hushed, poetic and intimate", despite the fact that "we never get a sense of the characters’ true anguish and pain".[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Scheck, Frank (5 April 2019). "'Back Fork': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ Walsh, Katie (3 April 2019). "Review: Josh Stewart's 'Back Fork' is a beautiful, if muted, tale of the drug crisis in West Virginia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 October 2022.