Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
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Directed by Bill Ross IV
Turner Ross
Produced by
  • Turner Ross
  • Bill Ross IV
  • Michael Gottwald
  • Chere Theriot
  • Jesy Rae Buhl
Cinematography
  • Bill Ross IV
  • Turner Ross
Edited by
  • Bill Ross IV
Production
companies
  • Department of Motion Pictures
  • Utopia
  • Concordia Studios
  • XTR
  • The Filmmaker Fund
  • Flies Collective
Distributed byUtopia
Release date
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000 [1]
Box officeUnknown

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is an American documentary film by the Ross brothers that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. [2]

Contents

Background

It was directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross. It has a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and critics wondered if it is a true documentary or partly fiction, perhaps as something that is a new genre, but regardless, generally praised the film. [3] [4] It is about a dive bar in Las Vegas named the Roaring 20s, though due to cost restraints (of filming in Las Vegas) it was actually filmed inside a bar in Terrytown, Louisiana. [5] [6] [7] [8] It includes a number of characters at the bar and tells vignettes about them. [9] It runs for one hour and thirty-eight minutes. [10]

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References

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