Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

78 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 2019

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.)

Adopt a Highway

78 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 2019

Adopt a Highway
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.)
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Blumhouse Productions, Divide / Conquer
Original title Adopt a Highway
Directors Nic Birdsall, Mikhaela Rosen, Carly Sturgeon, Andrew Spieler, Logan Marshall-Green
Writers Logan Marshall-Green

Cast

Ethan Hawke

as Russell Millings

Elaine Hendrix

as Diane Spring

Diane Gaeta

as Becca

Betty Gabriel

as Deeks

Mo McRae

as Wilson

Chris Sullivan

as Orankle

Nate Mooney

as Homeless Man

Anne-Marie Johnson

as Tracy Westmore

Della Atherton

as Beverly

Everly Sucher

as Ella

Pierce Minor

as Checkpoint Guard

Dione Kuraoka

as Lisa Chang

Malik Barnhardt

as Ticket Man

Tyson Sullivan

as Richard

Joyce Guy

as Ticket Woman

Joe Sabatino

as Bus driver

Heidi Sulzman

as Detective Gladden

Juan Gabriel Pareja

as Cashier

Jeremie Harris

as Officer Green

Rich Ceraulo Ko

as Officer Marshall

Jorge Diaz

as Internet Cafe Clerk

Loni Love

as Cher