
In Select New York & Los Angeles Theaters December 20
Expanding January
August 30, 2024 (Telluride)
December 13, 2024 (United States)
Director: RaMell Ross
Screenplay: RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by: Colson Whitehead
Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorProducers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13
Run time: 2 hours
Country: United States
Language: English
Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.
Distributor: Amazon MGM Studios
Production companies: Orion Pictures presents A Plan B Entertainment, Anonymous Content, Louverture Films production
Director: RaMell Ross
Screenplay: RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by: Colson Whitehead
Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorProducers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
Executive Producers: Brad Pitt, Gabby Shepard, Emily Wolfe, Kenneth Yu, Chadwick Prichard
Cinematographer: Jomo Fray
Editor: Nicholas Monsour
Music by: Alex Somers & Scott Alario
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13