Hillbilly Elegy Making an “American Dream” by Christopher T.J. McGuire, SOC
HILLBILLY ELEGY: (L to R) Glenn Close ("Mamaw”), Amy Adams (“Bev”). Photo by Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX © 2020
WATCH TRAILER NOW
Hillbilly Elegy is an American drama film directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name written by J.D. Vance. The film is a modern exploration of the “American Dream” through three generations of an Appalachian family and stars Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins, and Owen Asztalos. 20
SOCIETY OF CAMERA OPERATORS · SOC.ORG