Desert Trestle

Desert Trestle is a 1999 American Thriller Drama film written and directed by Daren Aronofsky based off the 1994 short story by Allan Jouve-Burroughs starring Julia Roberts, Benicio Del Toro, Russell Crowe, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Jamie Bell and J.K Simmons.

The film following the short story deals with the tale of six runaway boys on a runaway bus which gets into a catastrophic collision rendering them, a con-man and psychotic thief in the Nevada Desert which they were passing through.

The film was shot partially in Las Vegas, The Nevada Desert, Lincoln, Nebraska.

The film garnered an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and received critical praise and audience acclaim being hailed as a "Lord Of The Flies In The Desert and of a different calibre, a new classic."

The film garnered two BAFTA nominations for Best Young Star: Penn Badgley and Best Actor: Benicio Del Toro.