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  1. Nov 20, 2022 · Director Felix Van Groeningen's drama "Beautiful Boy" is based upon a pair of bestselling memoirs by journalist David Sheff and his son Nic Sheff. The film follows the lives of Nic and his family ...

  2. Beautiful Boy is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen, in his English-language feature debut. The screenplay, written by Luke Davies and van Groeningen, is based on the memoirs Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff .

  3. Oct 12, 2018 · Timothee Chalamet portrays Sheff in Beautiful Boy and has discussed their friendship. Steve Carell, who plays Sheff's father, told THR, "You could only hope that (Chalamet) would be your son. I ...

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  4. Sep 19, 2018 · Yes. In the movie, Nic's second wife, Karen (portrayed by Maura Tierney), and their two small children, Jasper and Daisy, are all based on real people. Like in the film, they too suffered as David became obsessed with saving Nic. Jasper and Daisy idolized their older brother, who was their friend and playmate.

  5. Beautiful Boy: Directed by Felix van Groeningen. With Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull. Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

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    • Biography, Drama
    • Felix van Groeningen
    • 2018-10-25
  6. Nic is the sort of boy who is meant to succeed in life. Instead Beautiful Boy tells the real life story of Nic’s descent into meth-addiction. Based on two memoirs by American journalist David Sheff and his son, Beautiful Boy is the story of how Nic lost control of his drug habit and how David lost his son to addiction. USA 2018. 12 mins.

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  8. Jan 18, 2019 · Beautiful Boy is the true life story of Nic Sheff and his battle with substance abuse. Timothee Chalamet, who was nominated for an Oscar last year for his role in Call Me By Your Name, plays Nic.

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