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

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

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

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What is it, then, th-- this big story?
Duration
6 seconds
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43
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:26
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.
Adorable when she was little. So, she had a stutter, that was nothing. - American Pastoral 00:05
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 00:08
Otherwise, it will rot your gut and take your life, too.&quo...
- [stuttering] Grandpa. - Yes, Merry, what? - American Pastoral 00:05
- [stuttering] Grandpa. - Yes, Merry, what?
Lady Jane's going to have a calf, grandpa. - American Pastoral 00:06
Lady Jane's going to have a calf, grandpa.
That's who mounted her. - American Pastoral 00:06
That's who mounted her.
- "Make love"? It's a cow. - [laughing] - American Pastoral 00:06
- "Make love"? It's a cow. - [laughing]
No offense to the locals, Mr. Orcutt, Mrs. Orcutt, but let's be candid. - American Pastoral 00:06
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 00:07
I don't see why my brother wants to live here either,
We can live where we want. This is America. - American Pastoral 00:05
We can live where we want. This is America.
[Sheila] I adore Merry. - American Pastoral 00:05
[Sheila] I adore Merry.
[Sheila] Sometimes when she's here, I ask her, - American Pastoral 00:11
[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 00:07
How do you think your father or your mother would feel if yo...
I think Merry's stuttering is a strategy. - American Pastoral 00:05
I think Merry's stuttering is a strategy.
For avoiding competition with the beautiful mother, - American Pastoral 00:11
For avoiding competition with the beautiful mother,
Sheila, stuttering isn't something that Merry chooses. - American Pastoral 00:06
Sheila, stuttering isn't something that Merry chooses.
Have you thought about how difficult it must be for Merry - American Pastoral 00:12
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 00:13
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 00:06
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 00:09
It's just that in a highly-pressured perfectionist fami...
What about the physiological basis for her stuttering? - American Pastoral 00:05
What about the physiological basis for her stuttering?