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Adopt a Highway (2019)

2019-11-01 · 1h 18m · EN
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Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption. Starring Ethan Hawke in a critically acclaimed performance, Adopt a Highway “will simultaneously warm and shatter your heart” (Marisa Mirabal, Birth.Movies.Death.)

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Logan Marshall-GreenDirector, Writer

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Ethan HawkeEthan HawkeRussell MillingsElaine HendrixElaine HendrixDiane SpringDiane GaetaDiane GaetaBeccaBetty GabrielBetty GabrielDeeksMo McRaeMo McRaeWilsonChris SullivanChris SullivanOrankleNate MooneyNate MooneyHomeless ManChristopher HeyerdahlChristopher HeyerdahlJimAnne-Marie JohnsonAnne-Marie JohnsonTracy WestmoreDella AthertonDella AthertonBeverlyEverly SucherEverly SucherEllaPierce MinorPierce MinorCheckpoint Guard

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What is Adopt a Highway about?

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption. Starring Ethan Hawke in a critically acclaimed performance, Adopt a Highway “will simultaneously warm and shatter your heart” (Marisa Mirabal, Birth.Movies.Death.)

How long is Adopt a Highway?

Adopt a Highway has a runtime of 78 minutes.

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