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PHOTOS: Remembering the week ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ filmed in Middletown

Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown

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Crews were in Middletown Monday, August 5 filming scenes for the upcoming "Hillbilly Elegy" movie. The Netflix movie is a film adaptation of "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" that was written by J.D. Vance about growing up in Middletown and in Jackson, Ky. The memoir was a bestseller released in 2016. "Hillbilly Elegy" is directed by Ron Howard and will feature several major film stars that include Amy Adams, Glenn Close (pictured) and Gabriel Basso. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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By Nick Graham

Oct 14, 2020

The trailer for the movie version of J.D. Vance’s book “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis” that was filmed in part in Middletown has been released.

Click through the photos above for scenes of the movie filming in Middletown in August 2019.

Here’s a look at the trailer:

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Nick Graham

Nick Graham is a photojournalist for the Journal-News covering Butler and Warren Counties in Ohio.