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American Pastoral

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

Year

Genre

Box Office

$544,098

Production

TIK Films,Lakeshore Entertainment,Lionsgate

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

Homepage

http://www.americanpastoral.movie/

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Swede Levov

Dawn Levov

Jennifer Connelly

Merry Levov

Lou Levov

Jerry Levov

Vicky

Sheila Smith

Rita Cohen

Merry (12 Years Old)

Hannah Nordberg

Sylvia Levov

Julia Silverman

Agent Dolan

Penny Hamlin

Samantha Mathis

Nathan Zuckerman

David Strathairn

Merry (8 Years Old)

Bill Orcutt

Jessie Orcutt

Corrie Danieley

Russ Hamlin

Hamlin's Son

Rabbi

Young Guardsman

Guardsman #1

Reunion Singer

Freddy

Harry

Police Officer

Hospital Nurse

Sanatorium Nurse

Demonstrator #1

Demonstrator #2

Demonstrator #3

Siovhan Christensen

Demonstrator #4

Yannick Hogarth

Demonstrator #5

Justin Lonesome

Reunion Greeter #1

Reunion Greeter #2

Reunion Greeter #3

National Guardsman

Leonard Anthony

Sanitorium Worker

FBI Agent

Gregory Bromfield

Riot #3

Glove Factory Worker

Glove Factory Worker

Amy Lyn Elliott

Art Gallery Patron

High School Classmate

Pedestrian 1972 Sequence

Glove Factory Worker

Richard Guesman

Brad Towell

John W. Iwanonkiw

Self

Lyndon B. Johnson

Funeral Attendee

Class Reunion Attendee

Delivery Truck Driver

Apprentice

NYPD Motorcycle Officer

David Dale McCue

Art Gallery Patron

F. Robert McMurray

Reunion Attendee

Glove Factory Worker

Reunion Classmate

Richard Restivo

Art Gallery Patron

Chris A. Riskus

Mourner

Monisha B. Schwartz

Class Reunion Attendee

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Nathan Zuckerman Dawn Levov Swede Levov Merry Levov Penny Hamlin

Now, both of you, we have to talk
about the bar mitzvah. - American Pastoral

Now, both of you, we have to talk about the bar mitzvah.

But I think we should just shake hands
and everybody go their own way. - American Pastoral

But I think we should just shake hands and everybody go thei...

I'm not leaving.
I'm not going to go. - American Pastoral

I'm not leaving. I'm not going to go.

[Nathan] So, the old man
was won over. - American Pastoral

[Nathan] So, the old man was won over.

[mooing] - American Pastoral

[Merry] Count! We're here!
Count! - American Pastoral

[Merry] Count! We're here! Count!

[Nathan] Something was
smiling down on him. - American Pastoral

[Nathan] Something was smiling down on him.

Life would open its arms
and he would carry all before him. - American Pastoral

Life would open its arms and he would carry all before him.

♪ Won't you play the music
so the cradle can rock ♪ - American Pastoral

♪ Won't you play the music so the cradle can rock ♪

God, Nathan!
I didn't expect to see you here. - American Pastoral

God, Nathan! I didn't expect to see you here.

I was sure you'd find all this
sentimentality repellent. - American Pastoral

I was sure you'd find all this sentimentality repellent...

This nostalgia. Bullshit. - American Pastoral

This nostalgia. Bullshit.

[Nathan] Well, of all the forms
of bullshit available, - American Pastoral

[Nathan] Well, of all the forms of bullshit available,

Hey, did you see that display
they have for your brother? - American Pastoral

Hey, did you see that display they have for your brother?

We were... I don't know,
we were probably ten, - American Pastoral

We were... I don't know, we were probably ten,

He ran the ball and his teammates
took him down and they piled on. - American Pastoral

He ran the ball and his teammates took him down and they pil...

No, we were,
because they took him down hard. - American Pastoral

No, we were, because they took him down hard.

But he popped up
and dusted himself off. - American Pastoral

But he popped up and dusted himself off.

And as he trotted by,
he turned, uh... - American Pastoral

And as he trotted by, he turned, uh...

"Basketball was never like this, Skip."
[faint echo] - American Pastoral

"Basketball was never like this, Skip." [faint ech...

That's why I, uh, came up from Florida,
for his funeral. - American Pastoral

That's why I, uh, came up from Florida, for his funeral...

Just a sweetheart whose fate - American Pastoral

Just a sweetheart whose fate

My brother, the best you're
going to get in this country, - American Pastoral

My brother, the best you're going to get in this countr...

[stammering] I have no idea
what you're talking about. - American Pastoral

[stammering] I have no idea what you're talking about.

No? You don't know?
Were you alive during the '60s? - American Pastoral

No? You don't know? Were you alive during the '60s...

The famous writer,
the last one to hear the big story. - American Pastoral

The famous writer, the last one to hear the big story.

What is it, then,
th-- this big story? - American Pastoral

What is it, then, th-- this big story?

Adorable when she was little.
So, she had a stutter, that was nothing. - American Pastoral

Adorable when she was little. So, she had a stutter, that wa...

Otherwise, it will rot your gut
and take your life, too." - American Pastoral

Otherwise, it will rot your gut and take your life, too.&quo...

- [stuttering] Grandpa.
- Yes, Merry, what? - American Pastoral

- [stuttering] Grandpa. - Yes, Merry, what?

Lady Jane's going to have
a calf, grandpa. - American Pastoral

Lady Jane's going to have a calf, grandpa.

That's who mounted her. - American Pastoral

That's who mounted her.

- "Make love"? It's a cow.
- [laughing] - American Pastoral

- "Make love"? It's a cow. - [laughing]

No offense to the locals, Mr. Orcutt,
Mrs. Orcutt, but let's be candid. - American Pastoral

No offense to the locals, Mr. Orcutt, Mrs. Orcutt, but let&#...

I don't see why my brother wants
to live here either, - American Pastoral

I don't see why my brother wants to live here either,

We can live where we want.
This is America. - American Pastoral

We can live where we want. This is America.

[Sheila] I adore Merry. - American Pastoral

[Sheila] I adore Merry.

[Sheila] Sometimes when
she's here, I ask her, - American Pastoral

[Sheila] Sometimes when she's here, I ask her,

How do you think your father
or your mother would feel if you stopped?" - American Pastoral

How do you think your father or your mother would feel if yo...

I think Merry's stuttering
is a strategy. - American Pastoral

I think Merry's stuttering is a strategy.

For avoiding competition
with the beautiful mother, - American Pastoral

For avoiding competition with the beautiful mother,

Sheila, stuttering isn't
something that Merry chooses. - American Pastoral

Sheila, stuttering isn't something that Merry chooses.

Have you thought about how difficult
it must be for Merry - American Pastoral

Have you thought about how difficult it must be for Merry

Maybe the reason Merry stutters
is to stop people from asking her, - American Pastoral

Maybe the reason Merry stutters is to stop people from askin...

I'm not Miss New Jersey,
for God's sake. I'm her mother. - American Pastoral

I'm not Miss New Jersey, for God's sake. I'm ...

It's just that in a highly-pressured
perfectionist family, you-- - American Pastoral

It's just that in a highly-pressured perfectionist fami...

What about the physiological basis
for her stuttering? - American Pastoral

What about the physiological basis for her stuttering?

I can give you organic theories
if that's what you want, - American Pastoral

I can give you organic theories if that's what you want...

[stuttering] You didn't tell me
about how sharp the rocks would be. - American Pastoral

[stuttering] You didn't tell me about how sharp the roc...

[yelps] - American Pastoral

- miss Mother?
- Sure I do. - American Pastoral

- miss Mother? - Sure I do.

Lady Jane's going to have her calf
any day now. Mom had to be there. - American Pastoral

Lady Jane's going to have her calf any day now. Mom had...

♪ Two drifters
off to see the world ♪ - American Pastoral

♪ Two drifters off to see the world ♪

Kiss me the way
you kiss mother. - American Pastoral

Kiss me the way you kiss mother.

[stuttering] - American Pastoral

[engine revs, tires screech] - American Pastoral

[engine revs, tires screech]

There, I just saved you the money
you were going to give to the shrink, - American Pastoral

There, I just saved you the money you were going to give to ...

Let her tongue catch up to that brain.
The rest will follow from that. - American Pastoral

Let her tongue catch up to that brain. The rest will follow ...

- Besides, where else am I supposed to go?
- [knocking on door] - American Pastoral

- Besides, where else am I supposed to go? - [knocking on do...

Vicky, my son is trying to tell me never
to come around here anymore. - American Pastoral

Vicky, my son is trying to tell me never to come around here...

I didn't say "anymore,"
I said "not every day." - American Pastoral

I didn't say "anymore," I said "not ever...

You made a home for all of us.
Where else do you belong? - American Pastoral

You made a home for all of us. Where else do you belong?

- [Dawn] You finish your stuttering book?
- Mm-hmm. - American Pastoral

- [Dawn] You finish your stuttering book? - Mm-hmm.

My teacher in school never believes me
unless she checks. - American Pastoral

My teacher in school never believes me unless she checks.

Well, your teacher says that you have
a stubborn streak. - American Pastoral

Well, your teacher says that you have a stubborn streak.

Because of the homework. - American Pastoral

Because of the homework.

The class had to write an answer
to the question "Why are we here?" - American Pastoral

The class had to write an answer to the question "Why a...

"Why are apes here?" - American Pastoral

"Why are apes here?"

Kangaroos here?" - American Pastoral

Kangaroos here?"

[stuttering] - American Pastoral

- remember.
- Yes, you do. - American Pastoral

- remember. - Yes, you do.

"Life is just a short space of time - American Pastoral

"Life is just a short space of time

Daddy, - American Pastoral

[reporter on TV]
He assumed the lotus posture - American Pastoral

[reporter on TV] He assumed the lotus posture

This monk burned himself
and he sat there. - American Pastoral

This monk burned himself and he sat there.

And then suddenly, a towering flame - American Pastoral

And then suddenly, a towering flame

Why did that poor man
have to burn himself? - American Pastoral

Why did that poor man have to burn himself?

That gentle man and
those gentle people. - American Pastoral

That gentle man and those gentle people.

- Doesn't anybody care?
- Of course people care. - American Pastoral

- Doesn't anybody care? - Of course people care.

Doesn't anybody
have a conscience? - American Pastoral

Doesn't anybody have a conscience?

- Yes, you have a conscience.
- Cookie. - American Pastoral

- Yes, you have a conscience. - Cookie.

Don't cry. Shh. - American Pastoral

Don't cry. Shh.

If you don't end up senator
for New Jersey, - American Pastoral

If you don't end up senator for New Jersey,

This makes you the first Levov in history
who can prepare edible food. - American Pastoral

This makes you the first Levov in history who can prepare ed...

[stuttering]
As long as it's hamburgers. - American Pastoral

[stuttering] As long as it's hamburgers.

What's wrong with hamburgers?
It's an American classic. - American Pastoral

What's wrong with hamburgers? It's an American cla...

I came here to speak to you about Vietnam. - American Pastoral

I came here to speak to you about Vietnam.

There's an American classic asshole. - American Pastoral

There's an American classic asshole.

We abhor the political murder
of any state by another. - American Pastoral

We abhor the political murder of any state by another.

Lyndon Baines - American Pastoral

American Pastoral poster

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Ewan McGregor

Writer: Philip Roth, John Romano

Production: TIK Films,Lakeshore Entertainment,Lionsgate

Genre: crime, drama

Year: 2016

MetaScore: 43/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: $544,098

Released: 21 Oct 2016

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

Homepage: http://www.americanpastoral.movie/

Also watch: Cassandra's Dream, A Quiet Passion, Jade, Little Man Tate, Toc Toc, The Alpinist, Bully