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American Pastoral

  • 2016
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
18K
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Jennifer Connelly, Ewan McGregor, and Dakota Fanning in American Pastoral (2016)
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
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An All-American college star and his beauty queen wife watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart as their daughter joins the turmoil of '60s America.An All-American college star and his beauty queen wife watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart as their daughter joins the turmoil of '60s America.An All-American college star and his beauty queen wife watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart as their daughter joins the turmoil of '60s America.

  • Director
    • Ewan McGregor
  • Writers
    • Philip Roth
    • John Romano
  • Stars
    • Ewan McGregor
    • Jennifer Connelly
    • Dakota Fanning
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    18K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ewan McGregor
    • Writers
      • Philip Roth
      • John Romano
    • Stars
      • Ewan McGregor
      • Jennifer Connelly
      • Dakota Fanning
    • 92User reviews
    • 153Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

    Videos28

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    American Pastoral: Valorie Curry On What Attracted Her To The Project
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    American Pastoral: Ewan McGregor On What Attracted Him To The Story
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    American Pastoral: Ewan McGregor On What Attracted Him To The Story
    American Pastoral: Jennifer Connelly On What Attracted Her To The Project
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    American Pastoral: Jennifer Connelly On What Attracted Her To The Project
    American Pastoral: David Strathairn On What Attracted Him To The Project
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    American Pastoral: David Strathairn On What Attracted Him To The Project

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    Ewan McGregor
    Ewan McGregor
    • Swede Levov
    Jennifer Connelly
    Jennifer Connelly
    • Dawn Levov
    Dakota Fanning
    Dakota Fanning
    • Merry Levov
    Peter Riegert
    Peter Riegert
    • Lou Levov
    Rupert Evans
    Rupert Evans
    • Jerry Levov
    Uzo Aduba
    Uzo Aduba
    • Vicky
    Molly Parker
    Molly Parker
    • Sheila Smith
    Valorie Curry
    Valorie Curry
    • Rita Cohen
    Hannah Nordberg
    Hannah Nordberg
    • Merry (12 Years Old)
    Julia Silverman
    Julia Silverman
    • Sylvia Levov
    Mark Hildreth
    Mark Hildreth
    • Agent Dolan
    Samantha Mathis
    Samantha Mathis
    • Penny Hamlin
    David Strathairn
    David Strathairn
    • Nathan Zuckerman
    Ocean James
    • Merry (8 Years Old)
    • (as Ocean Nalu James)
    David Whalen
    David Whalen
    • Bill Orcutt
    Corrie Danieley
    Corrie Danieley
    • Jessie Orcutt
    David Case
    • Russ Hamlin
    Max Ivcic
    • Hamlin's Son
    • Director
      • Ewan McGregor
    • Writers
      • Philip Roth
      • John Romano
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    • Trivia
      Paul Bettany was cast as Swede, Jennifer Connelly as his wife and Evan Rachel Wood as their daughter. All dropped out in 2004, after the movie spent many years in development. After 10 years, Connelly returned in the lead role, alongside Ewan McGregor.
    • Goofs
      The newspaper's masthead identifies 1970 as it's "141th Year." Should have been "141st Year."
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Nathan Zuckerman: [narrating funeral] You come at people with an open mind, and yet you never fail to get them wrong. You get them wrong while you're with them, or you tell someone about them and get them wrong again. That's how we know we're alive. We are wrong. About the Swede, how life was going to open its arms and shower blessings upon him, I was never more wrong about anyone in my life.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Danny DeVito/Ewan McGregor/Sam Neill/Miranda Hart/John Bishop/Amber Riley (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Comes A-Long A-Love
      Written by Al Sherman
      Performed by Kay Starr
      Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC
      under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews92

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    5/10

    Mad Men on Acid

    What a strange one this is. The movie strays pretty far from the book, and plays like the weirdest episode of Mad Men never filmed. The tone is unrelentingly dour, and the point is... what? Stuttering leads to radicalization? Don't have a mixed marriage? The 60s were a bitch? It's well done, and the filmmakers' hearts were in the right place but David Strathairn as the Philip Roth character and Ewan McGregor as a Jewish guy? Nope.
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    • Jul 1, 2017
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    • Release date
      • October 21, 2016 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Hong Kong
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • El fin del sueño americano
    • Filming locations
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lionsgate
      • Lakeshore Entertainment
      • TIK Films
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $544,098
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $149,038
      • Oct 23, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,063,436
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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