Nickel Boys : Exclusive Interview with Director RaMell Ross

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Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at the New York branch office but he didn’t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.

Nickel Boys

Nickel Boys : 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.

Director : RaMell Ross

Producer : Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes

Screenwriter : RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes

Distributor : Amazon MGM Studios

Production Co : Anonymous Content, Louverture Films, Plan B Entertainment

Rating : PG-13 (Violent Content|Some Strong Language|Racial Slurs|Smoking|Racism|Thematic Material)

Genre : Drama

Original Language : English

Release Date (Theaters) : Dec 13, 2024, Limited

Runtime : 2h 20m

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