History Film / Nebraska

* NeverLiveItDown: "Two days to drive from Billings!"[[note]]They aren't accounting for the overnight stay in a hospital and having to search for Woody's teeth - they also DrivesLikeCrazy[[/note]]

** This isn't helped by the fact that Woody's father used to let him sip ''his'' beer - a tradition he kept up with Ross and David when they were children.

* TheAlcoholic: Woody, something he staunchly refuses to admit, saying he deserves a drink after his service in the Korean War. David points out he was only a mechanic. [[spoiler: It's later all but stated that said alcoholism is a result of getting shot down while being transferred, something David was entirely unaware of]]

Both Dern and Squibb were nominated for Golden Globes and AcademyAwards, for Best Actor/Supporting Actress respectively.

Nebraska is a 2013 dramedy directed by Creator/AlexanderPayne staring BruceDern and Will Forte, co-starring Stacy Keach, BobOdenkirk and June Squibb.

Nebraska is a 2013 dramedy directed by AlexanderPayne staring BruceDern and Will Forte, co-starring Stacy Keach, BobOdenkirk and June Squibb.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The movie being shot in Black & White adds to the bleak, somber feel of it all.

* TranquilFury: Seen when Dave discovers [[spoiler: Ed Peagram reading the stolen sweepstakes letter to other patrons in the bar, mocking Woody. Dave calmly approaches Ed, takes back the letter, turns to walk away, thinks twice, turns around, and clocks Ed in the face, all without saying a word.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Though the film is quite good at wrapping up a lot of seemingly unrelated subplots and character details in its final scenes, we never do find out what happens with Dave and his ex-girlfriend Noel.
* YesExceptNo: The sweepstakes contest is real, Woody just misread it thinking that he won said contest while the letter said that Woody was only considered for it. He gets a NiceHat as a consolation prize, though.
* YourCheatingHeart: Ed reveals that Woody cheated on Kate with a half-Native American girl, and that had Ed not stepped in Woody would have left Kate for her before David was born. David is more stunned than anything, but never holds it against his father and instead holds it against Ed for the racist (calling the girl a "Half-breed"), self serving way he brought it up, doing so just to get a piece of Woody's money.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] somewhat. Woody doesn't get the million, but David buys him a new truck (albeit one with his name on it, since Woody can't drive) and an air compressor which Woody stated was what he would only buy with the money and convinces the people of Hawthorne that he won the million. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and a]] NiceHat.

Both Dern and Squibb have been nominated for Golden Globes and AcademyAwards, for Best Actor/Supporting Actress respectively.

* GetOut: David calmly tells Ed to get out of their booth of the bar after he [[spoiler:reveals Woody had an affair before David was born but after Ross was and that he stopped it in an attempt to get some of Woody's non-existent money]]
* [[spoiler:FalseFriend]]: Ed Pegram

* {{Jerkass}}: David's cousins Cole and Bart, two ex-cons (one of which raped a woman) who laugh incessantly at how long David took to get to Hawthorne, try to weasel their way into getting Woody's winnings, and later [[spoiler: rob him of his sweepstakes paper and then insult David for claiming to have a million dollars after they themselves scoffed at the truth when Woody's family repeatedly told them.]]

* [[spoiler: ShaggyDogStory: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] somewhat. Woody doesn't get the million, but David buys him a new truck (albeit one with his name on it, since Woody can't drive) and an air compressor which Woody stated was what he would only buy with the money and convinces the people of Hawthorne that he won the million. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and a]] NiceHat.]]

* [[spoiler: YesExceptNo: The sweepstakes contest is real, Woody just misread it thinking that he won said contest while the letter said that Woody was only considered for it. He gets a NiceHat as a consolation prize, though.]]
* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Ed reveals that Woody cheated on Kate with a half-Native American girl, and that had Ed not stepped in Woody would have left Kate for her before David was born. David is more stunned than anything, but never holds it against his father and instead holds it against Ed for the racist (calling the girl a "Half-breed"), self serving way he brought it up, doing so just to get a piece of Woody's money.]]

* [[spoiler: ShaggyDogStory: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] somewhat. Woody doesn't get the million, but David buys him a new truck (albeit one with his name on it, since Woody can't drive) and an air compressor which Woody stated was what he would only buy with the money and convinces the people of Hawthorne that he won the million. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a]] NiceHat. ]]

* DeliberatelyMonochromatic: The movie being shot in Black & White adds to the bleak, somber feel of it all.

* GetOut: David calmly tells Ed to get out of their booth of the bar after he [[spoiler:reveals Woody had an affair before David was born but after Ross and that he stopped it in an attempt to get some of Woody's non-existent money]]

* GetOut: David calmly tells Ed to get out of their booth of the bar after he [[spoiler: Reveals Woody had an affair before David was born but after Ross and that he stopped it in an attempt to get some of Woody's non-existent money]]
* [[spoiler:FalseFriend]]_ Ed Pegram

* {{Jerkass}}: David's cousins Cole and Bart, two ex-cons (one of which raped a woman) who laugh incessantly at how long David took to get to Hawthorne, try to weasel their way into getting Woody's winnings, and later [[spoiler: steal his sweepstakes paper from him and insult David for claiming to have a million dollars after they themselves scoffed at the truth when Woody's family repeatedly told them.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: David's cousins Cole and Bart, two ex-cons (one of which raped a woman) who laugh incessantly at how long David took to get to Hawthorne, try to weasel their way into getting Woody's winnings, and later [[spoiler: steal his sweepstakes paper from him and insult David for claiming to have a million dollars after they themselves scoffed at the truth when the Woody's family told them.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Woody, quite obviously, doesn't get the million, but he gets a NiceHat. However, David makes it up to him by getting him the only two things he wanted: a new truck (albeit a used one that's like new and just has his name on the title, since Woody can't drive) and an air compressor. David also let's him drive it down the main street of Hawthorne, giving everyone there the impression he won the money after all.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: David's cousins Cole and Bart, two ex-cons (one of which raped a woman) who laugh incessantly at how long David took to get to Hawthorne, try to weasel their way into getting Woody's winnings, and later [[spoiler: steal his sweepstakes paper from him.]]

Nebraska is a 2013 dramedy directed by AlexanderPayne staring BruceDern and Will Forte, co-starring Stacey Keach, BobOdenkirk and June Squibb.

Woody Grant (Dern) is an elderly man with an early onset of demnita, who get's a sweepstakes letter in the mail telling him he's won a million dollars, which is an obvious front to sell people magazine subscriptions. Ignoring this and the advice of his wife Kate and sons David and Ross, the former of whom picked him up after the police found him on the side of the roat, he's determined to get his prize from the office in Lincoln, Nebraska. After catching his dad running away again, David decides to drive him to the destination to prevent further incident. The two end up stopping in Woody's home town of Hawthorne on the way there after Woody gets a head injury, and word soon spreads of woody's supposed windfall while the two take a trip down memory lane.

Both Dern and Squib have been nominated for a golden globe and an oscar, for best actor/supporting actress respectively.

* TheAlcoholic: Woody, something he staunchly refuses to admit, saying he deserves a drink after his service in the Korean War, with David pointing out he was only a mechanic [[spoiler: It's later all but stated that said alcholism is a result of getting shot down while being transferred, something David was entirely unaware of]]

* DirtyOldWoman: Rose has shades of this, calling Woody's dead sister a whore and flashing the tombstone of an ex-boyfriend
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Woody, quite obviously, dosen't get the million, instead getting a NiceHat. However David makes it up to him by getting him the only two things he wanted: a new truck (albeit a used one that's like new and just has his name on the title, since Woody can't drive) and an air compressor. David also let's him drive it down the main street of Hawthorne, giving everyone there the impression he won the money after all. ]]
* GetOut: David calmly tells Ed to get out of their booth of the bar after he [[spoiler: Reveals Woody had an afair before David was born but after Ross and that he stopped it in an attempt to get some of Woody's non-existant money]]
* {{Jerkass}}: David's cousins Cole and Bart, two ex-cons (one of which raped a woman) who laugh incessintly at how long David took to get to Hawthorne, try to weasel their way into getting Woody's winnings, and later [[spoiler: steal his sweepstakes paper from him.]]
** Ed Pegram, who, the second woody gets money, tries to collect on it, threatning legal action and then later confronts woody himself [[spoiler: Bringing up how he put a stop to Woody's affair as some sort of badge of honor and then reading Woody's letter aloud to a crowd of people for his own amusement.]]
** Woody's wife Kate, who is quite dismissive of him, refuses to sugarcoat the ticket for him, really dosen't sugarcoat anything. Unlike most of the characters listed here though...
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kate truly does care for Woody as shown in two scenes: when she tells off some members of his family trying to shake him down for money by proxy and [[spoiler: When she kisses his forehead in the hospital after he ends up there again late in the film.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys/ThoseTwoBadGuys: Cole and Bart, ex-cons and muscle to their
* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Ed reveals that Woody cheated on Kate with a half-native american girl, and that had Ed not stepped in Woody would have left Kate for her before David was born. David is more stunned than anything, but never holds it against his father and instead holds it against Ed for the racist (calling the girl a "Half-breed"), self serving way he brought it up, doing so just to get a piece of Woody's money. ]]

* TheAlchoholic: Woody, something he staunchly refuses to admit, saying he deserves a drink after his service in the Korean War, with David pointing out he was only a mechanic [[spoiler: It's later all but stated that said alcholism is a result of getting shot down while being transferred, something David was entirely unaware of]]

* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Ed reveals that Woody cheated on Kate with a half-native american girl, and that had Ed not stepped in Woody would have left Kate for her before David was born. David is more stunned than anything, but never holds it against his father and instead holds it against Ed for the racist (calling the girl a "Half-breed"), self serving way he brought it up, doing so just to get a piece of Woody's money. ]]

Woody Grant (Dern) is an elderly man with an early onset of demnita, who get's a sweepstakes letter in the mail telling him he's won a million dollars, which is an obvious front to sell people magazine subscriptions. Ignoring this and the advice of his wife Kate and sons David and Ed, the former of whom picked him up after the police found him on the side of the roat, he's determined to get his prize from the office in Lincoln, Nebraska. After catching his dad running away again, Ed decides to drive him to the destination to prevent further incident. The two end up stopping in Woody's home town of Hawthorne on the way there after Woody gets a head injury, and word soon spreads of woody's supposed windfall while the two take a trip down memory lane.

Both Dernn and Squib have been nominated for a golden globe and an oscar, for best actor/supporting actress respectivley.