Nickel Boys Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

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.

Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Nickel Boys.

• A
  Aunjanue L. Ellis

• E
  Ethan Herisse

• B
  Brandon Wilson

  Fishbowl

• H
  Hamish Linklater

  42, Fantastic Four

• F
  Fred Hechinger

  Hell of a Summer, Gladiator II

• D
  Daveed Diggs

  Wonder, Soul (re-release)

• A
  Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

  Origin, Exhibiting Forgiveness

Crew Behind the Film

The Nickel Boys behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director

RaMell Ross

Screenwriters

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Production Details

What we know about the Nickel Boys movie production.

Key Facts

• Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel.

Production Updates for Nickel Boys

Jul 2023

Completed

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