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Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by JD Vance. The film stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close, and features Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins in his final film appearance, and Owen Asztalos.
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Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American drama movie directed by...
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Hillbilly Elegy. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and...
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Hillbilly Elegy. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by JD Vance about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother's parents moved when they were young.
- J. D. Vance
- 2016
Nov 24, 2020 · Hillbilly Elegy: Directed by Ron Howard. With Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett. 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.
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- Drama
- Ron Howard
- 2020-11-24
- J.D. Vance’s Story on The Page and Onscreen
- The Book Was Hugely Popular When It Debuted
- It Also Sparked A Backlash
- J.D. Vance’s Life Changed Dramatically After The Book’S Publication
- Vance’s Political Views Remain Somewhat Guarded
“I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve accomplished nothing great in my life, certainly nothing that would justify a complete stranger paying money to read about it,” Vance writes in the introduction to his memoir. He explains that he doesn’t think he was a particularly special person; the coolest thing he’s ever done, he writes, was graduate from Y...
When Hillbilly Elegy debuted in the summer of 2016, no one expected it to be such a massive success. HarperCollins, the book’s publisher, ran an initial 10,000 copies. Vance, who was working at a biotech firm in San Francisco, wildly underestimated that he might need a week off to promote it. Initially, the book was covered by conservative outlets,...
Despite its selling power, the success of Hillbilly Elegy is not without controversy. Vance faced backlash from historians and journalists over his depiction of Appalachia, including descriptions of its inhabitants as lazy (“many folks talk about working more than they actually work”). Shortly after the 2016 presidential election, Sarah Jones wrote...
In 2017, Vance left California and moved back to Ohio. He wanted to focus on finding solutions to the issues that plagued the area, particularly the opioid crisis. That same year, he founded “Our Ohio Renewal,” a non-profit committed to tackling that crisis, along with issues like financial security and domestic instability. Vance wrote about both ...
Vance continues to be outspoken about his beliefs. He identifies as a Republican, but he did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election (he voted for independent candidate Evan McMullin instead). In a separate op-ed for the New York Times, Vance mined his thoughts on then-outgoing President Barack Obama. Though he felt relief from ...
- Annabel Gutterman
Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American drama movie directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor. It is based on the 2016 memoir of the same name, by J. D. Vance. The movie stars Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins, and Owen Asztalos.
Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by JD Vance. The film stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close, and features Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins in his final film appearance, and Owen Asztalos.
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Nov 24, 2020 · Hillbilly Elegy. 115 minutes R 2020. J.D. Vance's memoir about Appalachian life has been condensed into an affecting but not-too-distinguished story of the cycles of addiction and recovery.
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