“We are now authorized to pay one million dollars to
Mr. Woodrow T. Grant of Billings, Montana.”
– Notice from Mega Sweepstakes Marketing mailed to Woody Grant
In Alexander Payne’s Nebraska a father and son steer the American road comedy into a vanishing Midwest on the trail of a dubious fortune – and in search of an understanding of each other that once seemed impossible.
This is the story of the Grant family of Hawthorne, Nebraska. Now transplanted to Billings, Montana, stubborn, taciturn Woody (Bruce Dern in a role that won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival) is well past his prime — such as it ever was — and possibly his usefulness, but he believes he’s got one last shot at mattering: a notice that he’s the lucky winner of a million-dollar sweepstakes.
To claim his fortune, Woody insists he must quickly get to the sweepstakes company’s office in Lincoln,...
Mr. Woodrow T. Grant of Billings, Montana.”
– Notice from Mega Sweepstakes Marketing mailed to Woody Grant
In Alexander Payne’s Nebraska a father and son steer the American road comedy into a vanishing Midwest on the trail of a dubious fortune – and in search of an understanding of each other that once seemed impossible.
This is the story of the Grant family of Hawthorne, Nebraska. Now transplanted to Billings, Montana, stubborn, taciturn Woody (Bruce Dern in a role that won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival) is well past his prime — such as it ever was — and possibly his usefulness, but he believes he’s got one last shot at mattering: a notice that he’s the lucky winner of a million-dollar sweepstakes.
To claim his fortune, Woody insists he must quickly get to the sweepstakes company’s office in Lincoln,...
- 11/19/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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