American Pastoral

American Pastoral (2016)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2016-10-20

Country

Hong Kong, United States

Production

Lakeshore Entertainment, Lionsgate, TIK Films

Genre

Crime, Drama

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$2 063 436

Website

http://www.americanpastoral.movie/

Director

Ewan McGregor

Actors

Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, David Strathairn, Peter Riegert, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker, Valorie Curry, Hannah Nordberg
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Scenario

Producer

Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Andre Lamal, Terry McKay, Qiuyun Long, Eric Reid

Operator

Martin Ruhe

Composer

Alexandre Desplat

Artist

Christina Myal

Audition

Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood

Editing

Melissa Kent, Janice F. Sperling
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• For the novel on which the film is based, its author Philip Roth received the Pulitzer Prize in 1989.
• The film's script was written back in 2006.
• Ewan McGregor's directorial debut.
• Paul Bettany was cast as the Swede, Jennifer Connelly was chosen for the role of his wife, and Evan Rachel Wood for the role of his daughter. Work on the film dragged on for so long that all three actors left the project in 2004. Ten years later, Connelly returned to the project and played the wife of the main character, played by the film's director, Ewan McGregor.
• Ewan McGregor's directorial debut.
• Paul Bettany was cast as the Swede, Jennifer Connelly was chosen for the role of his wife, and Evan Rachel Wood for the role of their daughter. Work on the film dragged on for so long that all three actors left the project in 2004. Ten years later, Connelly returned to the project and played the wife of the main character, played by the film's director, Ewan McGregor.
• Director and lead actor Ewan McGregor insisted on regular rehearsals so that the actors could better learn their lines and get to know each other.
• While working on the film, Ewan McGregor honed his accent of someone from New Jersey, repeatedly listening to lines spoken by a native of that state, Ray Liotta, recorded during filming.