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.
Nickel Boys
Nickel Boys – Trailer, Cast & Entertainment Release Details
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 […]
Directed by: RaMell Ross
Screenplay by: RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by: Colson Whitehead
Produced by: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
Executive Producers: Brad Pitt, Gabby Shepard, Emily Wolfe, Kenneth Yu, Chadwick Prichard
Music by: Alex Somers & Scott Alario
Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 16: (L-R) Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jimmie Fails, Brandon Wilson, Ethan Herisse, Hamish Linklater, Luke Tennie, Fred Hechinger and Daveed Diggs attend the Los Angeles Premiere of "Nickel Boys" at DGA Theater Complex on December 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Amazon MGM Studios via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 16: (L-R) Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, director/co-writer RaMell Ross, Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse attend the Los Angeles Premiere of "Nickel Boys" at DGA Theater Complex on December 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Amazon MGM Studios via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 16: (L-R) Co-writer/producer Joslyn Barnes, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, director/co-writer RaMell Ross, Brandon Wilson, Ethan Herisse, producer Dede Gardner and producer Jeremy Kleiner attend the Los Angeles Premiere of "Nickel Boys" at DGA Theater Complex on December 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Amazon MGM Studios via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 16: Brandon Wilson (L) and Ethan Herisse attend the Los Angeles Premiere of "Nickel Boys" at DGA Theater Complex on December 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Amazon MGM Studios via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 16: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor attends the Los Angeles Premiere of "Nickel Boys" at DGA Theater Complex on December 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Amazon MGM Studios via Getty Images)
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