Nebraska (film)
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| Directed by | Alexander Payne |
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| Written by | Bob Nelson |
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| Music by | Mark Orton |
| Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael |
| Edited by | Kevin Tent |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Vantage |
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114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $27.7 million |
Nebraska is a 2013 American black-and-white comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Bob Nelson. It stars Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, and Bob Odenkirk.
Nebraska was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where Dern won the Best Actor Award. It was also nominated for six Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Director for Payne, Best Actor for Dern, Best Supporting Actress for Squibb, Best Original Screenplay for Nelson and Best Cinematography for Phedon Papamichael. Nebraska is also the last film released by Paramount Vantage as the company merged into Paramount Pictures after its release.
In Billings, Montana, Woody Grant (Dern) is found walking around in traffic and stopped by a police officer. He is picked up by his son, David (Forte), who learns that Woody wants to go to Lincoln, Nebraska to collect a $1 million sweepstakes prize he believes he has won. When David sees the sweepstakes letter, he knows immediately that it is a mail scam designed to get gullible people to purchase magazine subscriptions. He brings Woody home where David's mother Kate (Squibb) becomes increasingly annoyed by Woody's insistence on collecting his money. After Woody is picked up again trying to get to Nebraska, David and his older brother Ross (Odenkirk), a local TV news anchor, discuss putting Woody in a retirement home. David is paid a visit by his ex-girlfriend, Noel, who returns his things and refuses to move back in with David. Their conversation is cut short by a call from David's mother reporting that his father has taken off once again. David retrieves Woody and decides to drive him all the way to Lincoln, much to Kate's dismay.
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