The Golden Boys, starring Bruce Dern, David Carradine, Rip Torn and Mariel Hemingway was investigated too.

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With Owen Wilson as a doomed bringer of punch lines and Bruce Dern as the mad gatekeeper.

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The splendid supporting cast includes Ellen Barkin (as Calamity Jane), John Hurt, James Gammon, David Arquette, Diane Lane, and Bruce Dern.

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Apart from 12 Years a Slave, which was filmed in Louisiana, the movie Nebraska perhaps comes closest, but for very different reasons: its stark black-and-white shots of vast, windswept farmland are as important to the feel of the film as is its veteran star, Bruce Dern.

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