American Pastoral Movie (2016)

American Pastoral

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2016 | R | Drama Adaptation

Follows a family whose seemingly idyllic existence is shattered by the social and political turmoil of the 1960s.

U.S. Release Date

American Pastoral release date was Friday, October 21, 2016. This was a Limited in theaters release.
Friday, October 28, 2016. This was a Nationwide in theaters release.

On Blu-ray & DVD

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

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Jennifer Connelly

Dawn

Dakota Fanning

Merry Levov

Ewan McGregor

Seymour 'Swede' Levov

Molly Parker

Dr. Sheila Smith

Uzo Aduba

Vicky

Rupert Evans

Jerry Levov

Rating MPAA

R for some strong sexual material, language and brief violent images

Storylines 2 more

Ewan McGregor stars as Seymour "Swede" Levov, a once legendary high school athlete who is now a successful businessman married to Dawn, a former beauty queen. But turmoil brews beneath the polished veneer of Swede's life. When his beloved teenage daughter, Merry, disappears after being accused of committing a violent act, Swede dedicates himself to finding her and reuniting his family. What he discovers shakes him to the core, forcing him to look beneath the surface and confront the chaos that is shaping the world around him.
official plot version from lionsgate.com

Trivia & Production Notes

Based on the novel "American Pastoral" by Philip Roth.
Ewan McGregor will make his directorial feature film debut.
As director/actor Ewan McGregor told VanityFair.com: "I have dreamt of directing a feature for the last 15 years and never found the 'right' story. I wanted to direct, not for the sake of being a director, but because there was a story I HAD to tell. Well American Pastoral gave me everything I was looking for. I was incredibly lucky that I had Lakeshore's trust and incredible talent in front of and behind the camera to make Roth's story the film I thought it should be. The creative collaboration with the cast and the crew was as thrilling as I had hoped it would be. I was a very happy man making this film and it is the film I wanted it to be."