Beautiful Boy

Biography, Drama

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

Directed by: Felix van Groeningen
Starring: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan
Produced by: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
Screenplay by: Luke Davies, Felix van Groeningen
Based on: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff; Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff

Cinematography: Ruben Impens
Edited by: Nico Leunen

Production companies: Plan B Entertainment, Big Indie Pictures
Distributed by: Amazon Studios
Release date: September 7, 2018 (TIFF), October 12, 2018 (United States)

Running time: 120 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

Cast

Steve Carell as David Sheff
Timothée Chalamet as Nicholas "Nic" Sheff
Jack Dylan Grazer as 12-year-old Nic Sheff
Zachary Rifkin as 8-year-old Nic Sheff
Kue Lawrence as 4 and 6-year-old Nic Sheff
Maura Tierney as Karen Barbour
Amy Ryan as Vicki Sheff
Kaitlyn Dever as Lauren
Andre Royo as Spencer
LisaGay Hamilton as Rose
Timothy Hutton as Dr. Brown
Amy Forsyth as Diane
Ricky Low as Destiny
Stefanie Scott as Julia

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