''Decaying Orbit'' is a 2007 independent film directed by Tim Pyle and produced by Hogofilm, LLC., a production company in

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. It was filmed in the

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, with hundreds of

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(CG) special effects produced in-house by Hogofilm.

Plot

When a mysterious explosion destroys a space station on the edge of the galaxy, five survivors manage to board an escape shuttle. Left adrift without communications, food or any means of leaving the system, the survivors are forced to work together to survive. But soon evidence surfaces that one of them may actually be the

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who caused the station's destruction. Can the dysfunctional group band together long enough to be rescued, when no one knows who they can trust?

Cast

* Darren Dupree Washington as Burton * Åsa Wallander as Winnie * Denise Gossett as Kate * Andy S. Allen as Rob * David Ross Paterson as Hermel * Erin Shull as Fisk * Bill Guzenski as Dr. Einman

Availability

In 2007, the film was sold to Arsenal Pictures for distribution to Japan and Brazil. In 2008, Angerman Distribution picked up the film for distribution in Australia and

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. The film was distributed on DVD in the U.S. through Hogofilm, LLC.

Awards

The film was nominated for three awards at the 6th annual Shockerfest Film Festival: Best

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Feature Film, Best Actress in a Sci-Fi/

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Film (Osa Wallander), and Best Actor in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film (Andy Allen). Osa Wallander won the Best Actress award. The film was also nominated for Best Feature Film at the 2007 Terror Film Festival.Terror Film Festiva
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Cast and crew

The writer and director

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worked for 10 years as an animator in the visual effects industry. He worked on the

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-nominated ''

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'', the

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-nominated series '' Starship Troopers: the Series'', and the Emmy-winning ''

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''. He has personally won two

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, a Telly Award, a CINE Golden Eagle, and 2006 and 2008

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awards for producing CG animation. The actress Denise Gossett is the founder of

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, a Los Angeles-based horror/sci-fi/fantasy film festival. She has appeared in numerous TV and film productions including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. The actor David Paterson has appeared in many TV and film productions including the series '' Lost'', ''

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'' and the long-running Australian soap opera, ''

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''.

References

External links

* * 2007 films American independent films 2007 science fiction films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language science fiction films {{2000s-sf-film-stub