'Nebraska' is a soulful movie that depicts the evolving relationship between a father and son during a road trip, from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska that gets waylaid at a small town in central Nebraska, where the father grew up and has scores to settle. Told with deadpan humor and a unique visual style, it's ultimately the story of a son trying to get through to a father he doesn't understand.
Did you know? To the note this is Alexander Payne's fourth film set in his home state of Nebraska, after Citizen Ruth (1996), Election (1999) and About Schmidt (2002). Read More
Continuity At the start of the film, Woody is wearing boots. In the police station, he is not wearing boots.
Continuity During the family returns the Westerhoff's compressor, the boys get in the car. Woody is on the passenger side in the rear, but when the car drives away, the rear view shows his head in the driver's side rear window.
Trivia:
Veteran actress June Squibb, aged 84, is the third-oldest woman to be nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award for this movie, and, should she win, will become the oldest woman to receive an Oscar for acting.
Earlier Gene Hackman, Robert Forster, Jack Nicholson and Robert Duvall were considered for the role of Woody.
In the cemetery scene, there is a gravestone with the name Payne, a reference to Alexander Payne.
To the note this is Alexander Payne's fourth film set in his home state of Nebraska, after Citizen Ruth (1996), Election (1999) and About Schmidt (2002).
The movie startsand ends with the 50s and 60s Paramount logo, saying "A Paramount Release".
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