Hillbilly Elegy

2020 film directed by Ron Howard
Movie film Q65090738
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Summary

Hillbilly Elegy is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,731 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Ron Howard[3]
  • Screenwriter: Vanessa Taylor[4]
  • Composer: Hans Zimmer[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6]
  • Based on: Hillbilly Elegy[7]
  • Cast member: Gabriel Basso[8], Amy Adams[9], Glenn Close[10], Sunny Mabrey[11], Haley Bennett[12], Freida Pinto[13], Bo Hopkins[14], Jesse C. Boyd[15], Stephen Kunken[16], Keong Sim[17], Brett Lorenzini[18], Kinsley Isla Dillon[19], Ed Amatrudo[20], Jessica Miesel[21]
  • Producer: Brian Grazer[22], Ron Howard[23]
  • Production company: Imagine Entertainment[24]
  • Director of photography: Maryse Alberti[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Soundtrack release: Hillbilly Elegy[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 25%[29], 4.6/10[30], 38/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: 2020[34]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[35]
  • Film editor: James D. Wilcox[36]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[37], Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[38]
  • Executive producer: Diana Pokorny[39], JD Vance[40]
  • Title: Hillbilly Elegy[41]
  • Has characteristic: film based on book[42]
  • MPA film rating: R[43]
  • Duration: 116 minutes[44]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 12[45]

Why It Matters

Hillbilly Elegy has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2020-00-00T00:00:00Z
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