American Pastoral — Trailer

added: Thu, Jun 23rd '16

For the first time in his career, Ewan McGregor is taking on directing duties, creating a "mad world" for his film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Phillip Roth novel "American Pastoral," about the unraveling of a middle-class American family during the political upheavals of the 1960s.

McGregor is also working in front of the camera, sharing the screen with Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning. He plays a successful businessman whose life takes a tragic turn when his rebellious teenage daughter (Fanning) suddenly goes missing just before being charged with carrying out a Vietnam War protest bombing of a post office.

In addition to McGregor, Connelly, and Fanning, the cast includes Emmy-winning "Orange is the New Black" star Uzo Aduba, David Strathairn (Lincoln), Valorie Curry (The Following), and Samantha Mathis (The Strain).

Adapted by screenwriter John Romano (The Lincoln Lawyer), "American Pastoral" will open in theaters October 21. Watch the film's debut trailer, above.

synopsis:
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Phillip Roth novel, AMERICAN PASTORAL follows a family whose seemingly idyllic existence is shattered by the social and political turmoil of the 1960s. Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut and 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.

directed by Ewan McGregor

starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Uzo Aduba, David Strathairn, Valorie Curry, Samantha Mathis

release date October 21, 2016