Comedy starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte. A man helps his elderly and confused father travel to Nebraska to claim a million-dollar prize that may not exist. Tensions rise when family members and old friends suspect that they're being kept out of the loop by the new-found millionaire.
Though shot in arty monochrome and featuring some starkly beautiful images of the US Midwest, Nebraska is not just a study of a specific place but an exquisitely observed drama about family life. It begins in Montana, where the elderly Woody (Bruce Dern) has received a letter telling him he has won a million dollars in a publishing sweepstake. His family are fully aware that this is some kind of mailing scam, but when Woody makes several attempts to make the journey by foot, his son Davey (Will Forte) agrees to drive him to the nearby state capital to collect his "winnings". After some colourful distractions, Davey and his father spend the night in Woody's old home town, which is where this lovely and, at times, poignant comedy finds its feet. Once Woody's hectoring wife Kate (June Squibb) rejoins the story, Nebraska reveals itself as a delicate examination of past lives and roots. And in Stacy Keach's horribly overbearing neighbour, of the people we quite deliberately leave behind.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Woody Grant | Bruce Dern |
| David Grant | Will Forte |
| Ed Pegram | Stacy Keach |
| Kate Grant | June Squibb |
| Ross Grant | Bob Odenkirk |
| Ray | Rance Howard |
| Cole | Devin Ratray |
| Noel | Missy Doty |
| Cousin Randy | Kevin Kunkel |
| Peg Nagy | Angela McEwan |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Alexander Payne |
