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Nebraska

Nebraska

Life's not about winning or losing. It's about how you get there in the end.

20137.51h 55m

Overview

An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.

Directed by Alexander Payne
Written by Bob Nelson
Produced by Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0MRevenue: $27.7M

Top Cast

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Woody Grant

Will Forte

Will Forte

David Grant

June Squibb

June Squibb

Kate Grant

Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

Ross Grant

Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach

Ed Pegram

Mary Louise Wilson

Mary Louise Wilson

Aunt Martha

Rance Howard

Rance Howard

Uncle Ray

Tim Driscoll

Tim Driscoll

Bart

Devin Ratray

Devin Ratray

Cole

Angela McEwan

Angela McEwan

Peg Nagy

Themes & Keywords

small townmontanadementiaagingdysfunctional familyroad tripf wordpickup truckestranged fatherlincoln nebraskanebraskasweepstakesestranged sonconfronting the past

About Nebraska

Nebraska is a drama, adventure film released in 2013 exploring themes of small town, montana, dementia, aging, dysfunctional family, road trip. Directed by Alexander Payne, it stars Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb. An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.

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