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Dear Eleanor (2016) on Netflix

PG-1320161h 29mComedyDramaFamily

In 1962, with the Cuban Missile Crisis keeping the country on edge, teenagers Ellie and Max set off by car across the United States. They are looking for Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Ellie and Max are teenagers and best friends in 1962. Eleanor Roosevelt, the former First Lady of the United States, is their childhood hero, and the two girls break out of their ordinary lives to go looking for her. They get into a car and set off on a trip across the country, traveling while the Cuban Missile Crisis keeps the nation on edge.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dear Eleanor (2016)

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  • The Colorado town of Niwot doubled for 1960s Manteca, California in Dear Eleanor, while other Front Range towns like Longmont, Lyons, Nederland, Boulder and Hygiene were also used as locations.
  • A Colorado state economic incentive program helped attract Dear Eleanor's production, which spent $2.5 million in the state.

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