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American pastoral / Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment present ; in association with TIK Films ; a Lakeshore Entertainment, Lionsgate production ; produced by Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Andre Lamal ; written by John Romano ; directed by Ewan McGregor.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 51023 | LionsgateLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publisher: Santa Monica, California : Lionsgate, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • American pastoral (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Roth, Philip. American pastoral
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music by Alexandre Desplat; edited by Melissa Kent; director of photography, Martin Ruhe.
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Peter Riegert, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker, Valorie Curry, David Strathairn.Summary: Seymour 'Swede' Levov, a once-legendary high school athlete, is a successful businessman married to an ex-beauty queen, Dawn. When Swede and Dawn's daughter disappears after being accused of a violent crime, Swede's perfect life is broken forever and he is left to make sense out of the chaos.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD DRAMA American Available 33111008572931
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA American Available 33111010924591
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut with this adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. McGregor plays Seymour "Swede" Levov, a former high-school star athlete who seems destined for a charmed life after he inherits his father's business and weds an ex-beauty queen. Years later, with the Vietnam War raging, Levov's perfect world begins to fall apart when his activist daughter commits a heinous act of political terrorism. Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Uzo Aduba, Rupert Evans, and David Strathairn co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD; region 1; widescreen (2.40:1); 5.1 Dolby digital.

English or Spanish dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Music by Alexandre Desplat; edited by Melissa Kent; director of photography, Martin Ruhe.

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

Based on the novel by Phillip Roth.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2016.

MPAA rating: R; for some strong sexual material, language and brief violent images.

Seymour 'Swede' Levov, a once-legendary high school athlete, is a successful businessman married to an ex-beauty queen, Dawn. When Swede and Dawn's daughter disappears after being accused of a violent crime, Swede's perfect life is broken forever and he is left to make sense out of the chaos.

Special features: audio commentary by Ewan McGregor; American Pastoral: adapting an American classic; Making the American dream.

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