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

Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up in Middletown
Filming of Hillbilly Elegy movie wraps up 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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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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