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Nickel Boys

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

Director

RaMell Ross

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Orion Pictures,Plan B Entertainment,Louverture Films,Anonymous Content

Awards

4 wins & 9 nominations

Homepage

https://mgm.com/movies/nickel-boys

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Elwood's Girlfriend

Gabrielle Simone Johnson

Mr. Marconi

Old Man with Cane

Bill Martin Williams

Older Guy - Protest

Rodney

White Boy

Zachary Van Zandt

White Boy

White Boy

Corey

Spencer

Hamish Linklater

Blakeley

Gralen Bryant Banks

Desmond

Griff

Chickie Pete

Mr. Goodall

Robert Aberdeen

Turner

Jaime

Bryan Gael Guzman

Earl

Escalante Lundy

Young Boy at Dining Hall

Black Mike

Ja'Quan Monroe-Henderson

Harper

Butcher

Citrus Grove Stilt Boss

Nicholas Stevens

Adult Elwood

Nurse Scarlett

Rachel Whitman Groves

Dr. Cooke

Billy Slaughter

Mrs. Hardee

Denise

Tanyell Waivers

Adult Chickie Pete

Millie

Boxing Match Nickel Boy

Zelvin Collins II

Teacher

Ginger Cressman

Young Nickel Boy

Citrus Nickel Boy

Isaiah A. Evans

Michael Frederic

Bus Girl Father

Florida Townsfolk

Rose Bianca Grue

Student

Florida Townsfolk

Perlie

Kaden Washington Lewis

Observation Room Children

Bus Girl

Brooklyn Majors

Director Hardy

Prep Cook

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Larry

LeBaron Foster Thornton

Fans

Titus

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The day I put myself
between Aunt Mavis
and his fist, - Nickel Boys

The day I put myself between Aunt Mavis and his fist,

"Bring this boy
the biggest sundae you've got." - Nickel Boys

"Bring this boy the biggest sundae you've got.&quo...

[door opens] - Nickel Boys

[boys clamoring] - Nickel Boys

[boys clamoring]

You know you miss it.
[chuckles] - Nickel Boys

You know you miss it. [chuckles]

[grunts] - Nickel Boys

[Blakeley] I don't
wanna hear nothing - Nickel Boys

[Blakeley] I don't wanna hear nothing

Mr. Blakeley, sir, - Nickel Boys

Mr. Blakeley, sir,

- Reassigned? According to who?
- [car door closes] - Nickel Boys

- Reassigned? According to who? - [car door closes]

- [music playing on radio]
- [Harper] Turner here says - Nickel Boys

- [music playing on radio] - [Harper] Turner here says

Used to be a lot worse
in the old days - Nickel Boys

Used to be a lot worse in the old days

Now, we only lay off
the south campus stuff. - Nickel Boys

Now, we only lay off the south campus stuff.

[Harper] We had this good
old boy, used to run Nickel, - Nickel Boys

[Harper] We had this good old boy, used to run Nickel,

[pensive music playing] - Nickel Boys

[pensive music playing]

[grunts] - Nickel Boys

[chattering continues] - Nickel Boys

[chattering continues]

[exhales] Borracho. - Nickel Boys

[exhales] Borracho.

- [Elwood chuckles]
- [footsteps approaching] - Nickel Boys

- [Elwood chuckles] - [footsteps approaching]

[Mrs. Hardee sighs]
You boys are so nice - Nickel Boys

[Mrs. Hardee sighs] You boys are so nice

The box is in the garage.
[chuckles] - Nickel Boys

The box is in the garage. [chuckles]

Used to be, when you graduate, - Nickel Boys

Used to be, when you graduate,

And they sold your monkey-ass
to people in the town. - Nickel Boys

And they sold your monkey-ass to people in the town.

This can be a three day job we play it right - Nickel Boys

This can be a three day job we play it right

[scoffs] - Nickel Boys

I mean, you know
Director Hardee and his wife - Nickel Boys

I mean, you know Director Hardee and his wife

Man, all those guys
on the school board - Nickel Boys

Man, all those guys on the school board

[chuckles] - Nickel Boys

You can march
and wave signs around - Nickel Boys

You can march and wave signs around

[muffled music playing
playing on speakers] - Nickel Boys

[muffled music playing playing on speakers]

They opened that counter, but, - Nickel Boys

They opened that counter, but,

[car horn honks] - Nickel Boys

[car horn honks]

[rock music continues
playing on speakers] - Nickel Boys

[rock music continues playing on speakers]

[people chattering
indistinctly in distance] - Nickel Boys

[people chattering indistinctly in distance]

[Harper] I sat down to dinner
at that guard's house once. - Nickel Boys

[Harper] I sat down to dinner at that guard's house onc...

[Elwood] A British mother
is trying - Nickel Boys

[Elwood] A British mother is trying

[man chattering indistinctly
on radio] - Nickel Boys

[man chattering indistinctly on radio]

- She ugly?
- [Elwood chuckles] - Nickel Boys

- She ugly? - [Elwood chuckles]

[Turner scoffs] - Nickel Boys

[Turner scoffs]

I know my mother loved me - Nickel Boys

I know my mother loved me

["Stick Around" by Tony Allan
playing on radio] - Nickel Boys

["Stick Around" by Tony Allan playing on radio]

♪ Things are gonna get hot ♪ - Nickel Boys

♪ Things are gonna get hot ♪

♪ I wish you'd stick around ♪ - Nickel Boys

♪ I wish you'd stick around ♪

Grand dreams and great designs
for yourself. - Nickel Boys

Grand dreams and great designs for yourself.

But if God says - Nickel Boys

But if God says

"He's sick
and can't have no visitors." - Nickel Boys

"He's sick and can't have no visitors."

[dreamy music playing] - Nickel Boys

[dreamy music playing]

For this was preparation. - Nickel Boys

For this was preparation.

[man on TV] No matter
who you are - Nickel Boys

[man on TV] No matter who you are

Denise Hather, - Nickel Boys

- [Elwood] Hmm.
- [chuckles] - Nickel Boys

- [Elwood] Hmm. - [chuckles]

Needs a new finish, - Nickel Boys

Needs a new finish,

I can supplement
the Horizon jobs - Nickel Boys

I can supplement the Horizon jobs

[scoffs] Larry, bellyaching
about this child support - Nickel Boys

[scoffs] Larry, bellyaching about this child support

[bag rustling] - Nickel Boys

[man 1 on TV] Come on,
let's go. - Nickel Boys

[man 1 on TV] Come on, let's go.

[man 2] Pineville's south.
I don't go south. - Nickel Boys

[man 2] Pineville's south. I don't go south.

Get off my back,
I ain't married to you. - Nickel Boys

Get off my back, I ain't married to you.

- I believe it.
- [Denise chuckles] - Nickel Boys

- I believe it. - [Denise chuckles]

[sucks teeth and chuckles] - Nickel Boys

[sucks teeth and chuckles]

That makes you
one dangerous mother-- - Nickel Boys

That makes you one dangerous mother--

Sometimes,
for your greater good, - Nickel Boys

Sometimes, for your greater good,

[door opens] - Nickel Boys

Sometimes, - Nickel Boys

- Sometimes.
- [Elwood shudders] - Nickel Boys

- Sometimes. - [Elwood shudders]

You're gonna have to
take a dive - Nickel Boys

You're gonna have to take a dive

[door closes] - Nickel Boys

Man, that match ties us - Nickel Boys

Man, that match ties us

♪ I am dreaming ♪ - Nickel Boys

♪ I am dreaming ♪

♪ Honey, it's where
The treetops ♪ - Nickel Boys

♪ Honey, it's where The treetops ♪

- Smoked hams.
- [boxers grunting] - Nickel Boys

- Smoked hams. - [boxers grunting]

When's the next time
fools who hate and fear you - Nickel Boys

When's the next time fools who hate and fear you

[boxers grunting] - Nickel Boys

[boxers grunting]

[bell dings] - Nickel Boys

You don't think Griff
could knock down Big Chet - Nickel Boys

You don't think Griff could knock down Big Chet

[crowd cheering] - Nickel Boys

[crowd cheering]

Turner - Nickel Boys

[cheering continues] - Nickel Boys

[cheering continues]

[Chet grunts] - Nickel Boys

[pensive music fades out] - Nickel Boys

[pensive music fades out]

[crowd cheering] - Nickel Boys

[crowd cheering]

[uneasy music playing] - Nickel Boys

[uneasy music playing]

[boys cheering] - Nickel Boys

[boys cheering]

Spencer, wait, hey,
I thought it was the second, - Nickel Boys

Spencer, wait, hey, I thought it was the second,

[cheering fades out] - Nickel Boys

[cheering fades out]

[disquieting music fades out] - Nickel Boys

[disquieting music fades out]

[breathing heavily] - Nickel Boys

[breathing heavily]

- [tapping on table]
- [grunts excitedly] - Nickel Boys

- [tapping on table] - [grunts excitedly]

[exhales] - Nickel Boys

Lyndon Johnson's carrying on - Nickel Boys

Lyndon Johnson's carrying on

- Things is changing.
- [Elwood chuckles] - Nickel Boys

- Things is changing. - [Elwood chuckles]

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Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: RaMell Ross

Writer: RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Colson Whitehead

Production: Orion Pictures,Plan B Entertainment,Louverture Films,Anonymous Content

Genre: drama

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Jan 2025

Awards: 4 wins & 9 nominations

Homepage: https://mgm.com/movies/nickel-boys