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Hillbilly Elegy

Netflix | Release Date: November 11, 2020

Summary: J.D. Vance (Gabriel Basso), a former Marine from southern Ohio and current Yale Law student, is on the verge of landing his dream job when a family crisis forces him to return to the home he’s tried to forget. J.D. must navigate the complex dynamics of his Appalachian family, including his volatile relationship with his mother Bev (Amy Adams), who’s struggling with addiction. Fueled by memories of his grandmother Mamaw (Glenn Close), the resilient and whip-smart woman who raised him, J.D. comes to embrace his family’s indelible imprint on his own personal journey. [Netflix]

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Runtime:	116 min
Rating:	Rated R for language throughout, drug content and some violence
Production:	Imagine Entertainment
Genres:	Drama
Country:	US
Language:	English

Director	Credit
Ron Howard	Director

Writer	Credit
J.D. Vance	Book
Vanessa Taylor	Written By

Principal Cast	Credit
Amy Adams	Bev
Bo Hopkins	Papaw
David Atkinson	Ray
Dylan Gage	Kameron
Freida Pinto	Usha
Gabriel Basso	J.D. Vance
Glenn Close	Mawmaw
Haley Bennett	Lindsay
Jesse C. Boyd	Matt
Keong Sim	Ken
Marcella Lentz-Pope	Additional Voices
Owen Asztalos	Young J.D. Vance
Stephen Kunken	Phillip Roseman
Sunny Mabrey	Bonnie - Mamaw 30s
William Mark McCullough	Actor

Cast	Credit
Bill Kelly	Uncle Pet
Chase Anderson	Brett
David Atkinson	Ray
David Dwyer	Uncle Arch
Ethan Suess	Chris
Jason Davis	Dr. Newton
Jesse C. Boyd	Matt
Jessica Miesel	Sam
Jono Mitchell	Kevin
Lucy Capri	Young Lori Vance
Morgan Gao	Travis
Owen Asztalos	Young J.D. Vance
Stephen Kunken	Phillip Roseman
Tierney Smith	Young Bev
William Mark McCullough	Actor

Producer	Credit
Brian Grazer	Producer
Diana Pokorny	Executive Producer
Erica Huggins	Producer
J.D. Vance	Executive Producer
Julie Oh	Executive Producer
Karen Lunder	Producer
Ron Howard	Producer
William M. Connor	Post Producer