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American Pastoral

Something wassmiling down on him. This is the way I thoughtit would always be. Daddy!

[Nathan] Something was
smiling down on him. This is the way I thought
it would always be. [Merry] Daddy!

Full Transcript

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[Nathan] Something was smiling down on him.
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This is the way I thought it would always be.
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[Merry] Daddy!
Duration
9 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:28
Uploaded
Oct 31, 2025
Genres
crime, drama
Production
TIK Films,Lakeshore Entertainment,Lionsgate

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Movie Summary

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.
Life would open its arms and he would carry all before him. - American Pastoral 00:11
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 00:19
♪ Won't you play the music so the cradle can rock ♪
God, Nathan! I didn't expect to see you here. - American Pastoral 00:06
God, Nathan! I didn't expect to see you here.
I was sure you'd find all this sentimentality repellent. - American Pastoral 00:05
I was sure you'd find all this sentimentality repellent...
This nostalgia. Bullshit. - American Pastoral 00:05
This nostalgia. Bullshit.
[Nathan] Well, of all the forms of bullshit available, - American Pastoral 00:08
[Nathan] Well, of all the forms of bullshit available,
Hey, did you see that display they have for your brother? - American Pastoral 00:05
Hey, did you see that display they have for your brother?
We were... I don't know, we were probably ten, - American Pastoral 00:09
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 00:06
He ran the ball and his teammates took him down and they pil...
No, we were, because they took him down hard. - American Pastoral 00:05
No, we were, because they took him down hard.
But he popped up and dusted himself off. - American Pastoral 00:06
But he popped up and dusted himself off.
And as he trotted by, he turned, uh... - American Pastoral 00:05
And as he trotted by, he turned, uh...
"Basketball was never like this, Skip." [faint echo] - American Pastoral 00:10
"Basketball was never like this, Skip." [faint ech...
That's why I, uh, came up from Florida, for his funeral. - American Pastoral 00:05
That's why I, uh, came up from Florida, for his funeral...
Just a sweetheart whose fate - American Pastoral 00:06
Just a sweetheart whose fate
My brother, the best you're going to get in this country, - American Pastoral 00:06
My brother, the best you're going to get in this countr...
[stammering] I have no idea what you're talking about. - American Pastoral 00:06
[stammering] I have no idea what you're talking about.
No? You don't know? Were you alive during the '60s? - American Pastoral 00:06
No? You don't know? Were you alive during the '60s...
The famous writer, the last one to hear the big story. - American Pastoral 00:05
The famous writer, the last one to hear the big story.
What is it, then, th-- this big story? - American Pastoral 00:06
What is it, then, th-- this big story?