| Nickel Boys | |
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| Directed by | RaMell Ross |
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| Based on | The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead |
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| Cinematography | Jomo Fray[1] |
| Edited by | Nicholas Monsour[1] |
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| Distributed by | Amazon MGM Studios |
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Running time | 140 minutes[3] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23.2 million[4] |
Nickel Boys is a 2024 American historical drama film based on the 2019 novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. It was directed by RaMell Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joslyn Barnes, and stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. The story follows two African American boys, Elwood and Turner, who are sent to an abusive reform school called the Nickel Academy in 1960s Florida. The film is inspired by the historic reform school in Florida called the Dozier School for Boys, which was notorious for abusive treatment of students.
Shot in a first-person point-of-view, filming took place in Louisiana in late 2022. The film premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2024, and is set to have a limited theatrical release by Amazon MGM Studios on December 13, 2024.
- ^ a b "Nickel Boys". New York Film Festival. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
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