Hillbilly Elegy
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Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

09/11/2020
Drama
1h 57m

Inspired by a true story three generations in the making.

Overview

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

  • Ron HowardDirector
  • Vanessa TaylorWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • child abuse
  • based on novel or book
  • heroin
  • drug addiction
  • american dream
  • overdose
  • kentucky
  • ohio
  • yale university
  • drug rehabilitation
  • hillbilly
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • single mother
  • teenage boy
  • law student
  • grandmother
  • appalachian
  • 1990s
  • appalachian mountains
  • mother son relationship
  • traditional family
  • mother son estrangement
  • childhood memory
  • small town life

Top Billed Cast

Amy Adams

Amy Adams

Beverly "Bev" Vance

Glenn Close

Glenn Close

Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance

Gabriel Basso

Gabriel Basso

J.D. Vance

Haley Bennett

Haley Bennett

Lindsay Vance

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto

Usha Chilukuri

Bo Hopkins

Bo Hopkins

Papaw

Owen Asztalos

Owen Asztalos

Young J.D. Vance

Jesse C. Boyd

Jesse C. Boyd

Matt

Stephen Kunken

Stephen Kunken

Phillip Roseman

Keong Sim

Keong Sim

Ken

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