Nebraska

    Genre
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    115 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2014
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Alexander Payne
WRITTEN BY:
Bob Nelson
CAST INCLUDES:
Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Deemed "a heartfelt odyssey" by the Wall Street Journal, NEBRASKA gets under your skin and remains there long after the credits roll. Oscar winning director Alexander Payne's resonant work features a groundbreaking, Oscar nominated lead performance by Bruce Dern (THE HATEFUL EIGHT, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD), and also stars Will Forte and June Squibb. "This is a movie to bring home and live with, to kick around in your head after it hits you in the heart. It's damn near perfect, starting with the acting" (Rolling Stone).

SYNOPSIS

Cantankerous old buzzard Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) can barely walk down the street of his home in Billings, Mont., without stopping for a drink. So when Woody receives receives a sweepstakes notice in the mail and insists on making a 750-mile trip to Lincoln, Neb., to collect his prize, it falls to baffled son David (Will Forte) to accompany him. During a stop in their Nebraska hometown, word gets out about Woody’s fortune, first making him a hero, then later, the target of predatory people.

Nebraska

    Genre
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    115 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2014
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Alexander Payne
WRITTEN BY
Bob Nelson
CAST INCLUDES
Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk
Deemed "a heartfelt odyssey" by the Wall Street Journal, NEBRASKA gets under your skin and remains there long after the credits roll. Oscar winning director Alexander Payne's resonant work features a groundbreaking, Oscar nominated lead performance by Bruce Dern (THE HATEFUL EIGHT, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD), and also stars Will Forte and June Squibb. "This is a movie to bring home and live with, to kick around in your head after it hits you in the heart. It's damn near perfect, starting with the acting" (Rolling Stone).

Cantankerous old buzzard Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) can barely walk down the street of his home in Billings, Mont., without stopping for a drink. So when Woody receives receives a sweepstakes notice in the mail and insists on making a 750-mile trip to Lincoln, Neb., to collect his prize, it falls to baffled son David (Will Forte) to accompany him. During a stop in their Nebraska hometown, word gets out about Woody’s fortune, first making him a hero, then later, the target of predatory people.

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