‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Netflix views up 1000% since JD Vance named as Trump’s VP pick — No. 1 on Amazon
nypost.comthe Netflix movie based on Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” have shot up 1,179%.Citing data from Luminate, Variety reportedthat the 2020 film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams, was viewed 19.2 million minutes on Monday — up from 1.5 million the day before.
That equates to 163,836 individual plays of the movie Monday. Close received her eighth Academy Award nomination for playing Mamaw, Vance’s grandmother.
Adams took on the role of his mother, Bev.Sales of Vance’s 2016 popular book about his life growing up in a working class Appalachian family have fared well in the wake of the announcement, also.
On Tuesday, the paperback and hardcover editions of “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” respectively held the No.
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