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.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.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.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 4 wins & 33 nominations total
Jono Mitchell
- Kevin
- (as Jonothon Mitchell)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe huge glasses Glenn Close wears in the movie are "Mamaw's" actual frames. The family loaned them to Close during production.
- GoofsAt the beginning, Bev takes her family back to Ohio from Jackson, Kentucky, the viewer sees a "Welcome to Ohio" sign and they pass over a stone bridge that spans a large creek. However, the entire border between Kentucky and Ohio is the Ohio River, which averages a half-mile across with steel-span bridges at every crossing.
- SoundtracksDivertimento No. 10 in F Major, K. 247
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Petter Sundkvist
Courtesy of Naxos
By arrangement with Source/Q
Featured review
Trying to figure out why the critics' score is so different from the user score and all I can think is because the former is detached from the reality of rural white poverty. Living and teaching in an area similar to where J.D. comes from, I see his struggle of trying to escape poverty through education and the impact of drug abuse on communities on a regular basis. It's easy to dismiss this as "Oscar bait" and it definitely is...but it's also a movie, though really difficult to watch at points, that tells the uncomfortable reality for far too many.
- eejohnston-56374
- Nov 24, 2020
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Hillbilly, una elegía rural
- Filming locations
- Middletown, Ohio, USA(exterior scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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