Spark (1998 film)
Spark is a 1998 film directed by Garret Williams and starring Terrence Howard and Nicole Ari Parker. Williams made his directorial debut with this tale of an urban black couple trapped in a desert town of rednecks after their car breaks down after hitting a dog. Byron (Terrence Howard) and Nina (Nicole Ari Parker) are driving a BMW from Chicago to L.A. to take Nina to school when they experience a back-road breakdown. Teen Mooney (Brendan Sexton III) tows them to a white-trailer-trash town where they are charged $500 for repairs. When the BMW dies again, they stay overnight in a motel, and the situation soon gets grim as Byron starts spending more time with Mooney and his true colors start to show revealing a disturbing town story. The characters in the low-budgeter were first introduced in a 1996 short. Spark was shown at 1998 film festivals (Sundance, Berlin).
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| Directed by | Garret Williams |
| Produced by | Jim Walton Andrew B. Hurwitz Ruth Charney (II) |
| Written by | Garret Williams |
| Starring | Terrence Howard Nicole Ari Parker Sandra Ellis Lafferty Brendan Sexton III |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Terrence Howard as Byron
- Nicole Ari Parker as Nina
- Sandra Ellis Lafferty as Deb
- Brendan Sexton III as Mooney
- Timothy McNeil as Stuart
- Tom Gilroy as Jack
- George Gerdes as Earl
- Dewey Weber as Tobey
- William Prael as Deputy
- William Bell as Otis
Release
Spark was released on DVD on May 15, 2007.