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The Glass Castle

Summary: A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

Release Date: August 11, 2017

Genres: Biography, Drama

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

Writers: Destin Daniel Cretton

, Andrew Lanham

, Jeannette Walls

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Lionsgate, TIK Films, Netter Productions

Distributor: Lionsgate

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,273,059

International: $ 4,815,474

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adult hits a child african american alcohol consumption alcohol in brown paper bag alcohol withdrawal alcoholic american flag anger apology argument arm wound arm wrestling artist asian food axe b word baby babysitter bandage bar baseball baseball cap based on autobiography based on true story beating bed bedroom beer bill collector billiards bills biting someone's shoulder black american borrowing money bottle in a brown paper bag boxer shorts boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship breaking someone's nose broom brother brother relationship brother sister relationship brown bag brown bag drinking brown paper bag brutality bully bullying bunk bed burn scar burn scar on stomach business owner cafe camera campfire carbon footprint carried piggy back catering chair champagne character says i think i'd like to be alone cheering cheerleader chicken child abuse child beats adult child molestation chinese dress chinese food chinese restaurant chokehold choking someone chopstick chopsticks the eating utensil chores christmas christmas decoration christmas present christmas tree church church funeral cigarette cigarette behind ear cigarette lighter cigarette smoking cloudiness coal cold turkey college dormitory coming of age cooking cooler couch cough countryside crossing fingers crucifix crying dancer dancing dartboard daughter begs mother to leave father death bed death of grandmother death of mother decor decorating decoration delusion demon desert desktop computer destroying a painting destroying property digging dilapidated house dining dinner distracted driving distraction doctor documentary footage dog dog kennel doggy bag door doorknob dorm dream dream house drinking drinking from a bottle in a brown paper bag drinking out of a brown bag driving off road dropping out of college drunk driving drunkenness dumpling dusk dying dysfunctional family eating eccentric education elevator embrace empty fridge engagement party engagement ring engineer entering through a window escape eyeglasses face slap faith fake broken arm fake screaming falling off a couch family dinner family relationships fan fancy restaurant father carries daughter in his arms father daughter relationship father embraces daughter father son relationship fear fiance fiancee relationship fight financial analyst fire fireplace flash forward flashback flowerpot food football football field forced sex forest freedom french kiss funeral furniture designer gambling gas stove gathering wood girl girl cook girl on fire giving a toast glass castle glass ceiling glass house glass stairway grandfather granddaughter relationship grandfather grandson relationship grandmother granddaughter relationship grandmother grandson relationship gray wolf hanging from a window hard hat hat head wound heart to heart helmet hideout hiding a piggy bank high school football hiked skirt hill hillbilly hit in the face hit on the back of the head hitting a child home movie homeless man homeless woman homelessness hospital house rules housewarming present howling hugging hunger hungry hungry child husband wife fight husband wife relationship hustle hut ill father illness in laws incest subtext indoor plant inheritance inselberg instruction irresponsible parent italian chair jean shorts joke telling journalist jumping from a window jumping rope kicking trash kiss kiss on the lips kiss on the top of someone's head kiss on the top of the head knife knocking on a door land purchase lantern laughter leather jacket leftovers lie lifeguard lighter listening to music living with grandmother looking at the stars looking out a window losing a job lower east side manhattan new york city lp record luck lying awake in bed lying in the snow lying on the floor making a scene male police officer man tied to a bed manhattan new york city marriage engagement mashed potatoes medical examination memory minimum wage mining company mining town mink coat money mother daughter relationship mother son relationship mountain moving moving in moving out moving out of the city moving to new york narrated by character needle neon sign new york city new york magazine newspaper newspaper headline newspaper photographer nickname no electricity no running water nomad nonlinear timeline nosebleed notepad nurse nurse uniform off road old car older man younger woman relationship oven overalls overdue bill overhead camera shot packing paint painter painting painting a house parental kidnapping party passenger pay phone pearl necklace pedophilia pencil sharpener photograph photographer photography pick the tool pickaxe piggy bank piggyback playing pool poker police police officer political science major pool hustler pool table pouting poverty present press pride prologue promise public phone public swimming pool punched in the face punching grandmother quitting cold turkey race relations rain raincoat reading a book reading aloud rearview mirror record player recording records redhead redheaded man reference to edgar bergen reference to moma reference to pablo picasso reference to queen isabella of apain reference to the gestapo reference to vincent van gogh referencet to zane grey regret remodeling respect restaurant riding in the back of a pickup truck ritual river roommate rotary telephone running running away from home sales saw sawing scam scar scene during end credits scholarship school school newspaper school newspaper clipping school newspaper editor scrapbook scream segregated swimming pool sewing a wound shack shared bathroom shopping shovel shovelling simile sister sister embrace sister sister relationship sitting on a bed sitting on bed skull cap sleeping sleeping girl sleeping in nature sleeping on the ground sleeping outside sleeping rough sleeplessness slow dance slow dancing slow motion scene smashing a painting smelling hair smoking man sniffing snow snowing social worker spiral staircase spitting up stringbeans spousal abuse squatting stained glass stairway star staring at someone staring up at the sky station wagon stealing electricity stomach bandage storytelling stove stubbornness suitcase sunglasses sunset sweat sweating swimming swimming lesson swimming pool swindle taking off clothes taxi teaching a lesson tears teddy bear telephone telephone call telephone message thanksgiving theft threat threatening three word title throwing shoes tied to a bed tied to bed title spoken by character train track trash heap tree truck tumbleweed turtleneck typewriter typing u.s. air force veteran uncle uncle nephew relationship uncle niece relationship underwater scene undressing urination utah violence virginia the state voice over narration waiter waiting waiting area waking someone watching tv wealth wedding photograph welch daily news the newspaper welch west virginia west virginia whiskey whispering wine women's bathroom wound writer writing year 1964 year 1989 younger version of character

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