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American Pastoral

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Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family. From TMDB

28 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Jul 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 15, 2026 · How this works

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  • Sarfraz Manzoor @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 - American Pastoral One movie 🎥 - Annie Hall One album - Darkness on the Edge of Town One TV show - Blackadder II

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  • Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.comBluesky · Jan 23, 2026

    ‘An American Pastoral’ Documentary Explores Christian Nationalism and the Political Divide in a Pennsylvania School District | Cast members from Elizabethtown Area School District shared how their lives and community have changed since the film at a recent screening.

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  • HunkyKubrick/♑♄ ZoSo/🇮🇪🇬🇧 @hunkykubrick.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2026

    #NowWatching #TheDoors #FilmSky 'HWY: An American Pastoral'. 1969 (Jim Morrison, Babe Hill, Paul Ferrara) A little seen experimental film Morrison made with friends following the Miami fiasco. The film to this date has never had an official release. Link below...😉 m.youtube.com/watch?v=EYH8...

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  • Samantha Puc 🍉 @theverbalthing.comBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    For @comicsbeat.bsky.social, I reviewed AN AMERICAN PASTORAL, which baldly depicts how fascism takes root at the local level before spreading. The film hits streaming services and VOD later this month.

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  • Dr. Jake Noel-Storr @noelstoj.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    📽️ #IDFA And for the next #WorldPremiere 🗺️🥇 "An American Pastoral" 🇫🇷 (dir. Auberi Edler) A French production so as promised neutral, but with an international audience... our reaction was clear. After 10yrs working at a summer camp in PA, and one of my best friends still teaching there. This is real.

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  • Nangijala @[email protected]Lemmy · Dec 15, 2025

    Vi har set et par film henover weekenden. At Klappe Med Én Hånd - klassikeren med Jens Okking som kæreste ikke havde set før og som jeg stort set ikke kunne huske. Den er både sød og sjov og en fin lille fortælling selvom der er nogle små hængepartier her og der for mit vedkommende, hvor jeg synes at den bliver liiiiiidt for belejlig. I sidste ende gør det ikke noget for man hygger sig virkelig med den og den har nogle ret gode jokes undervejs. American Pastoral - Ewan McGregor's første…

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  • Ryan Whatever @silberwhatever.comBluesky · Mar 1, 2026

    Best new to me movies, February 2026: -AN AMERICAN PASTORAL (2024) -PERSEPOLIS (2007) -TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA (1985) -WUTHERING HEIGHTS (2026) -MALCOLM X (1992) -WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) -GRAND HOTEL (1932) -NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE (2025) -THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)

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  • Scott Galupo @scottgalupo.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    For the highbrow version of ‘70s left-terrorism, there’s Philip Roth’s “American Pastoral.” For the low- to middlebrow, there’s the third Dirty Harry movie “The Enforcer” — which is a worthy sequel and I will die on that hill.

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  • debbiereber.bsky.social @debbiereber.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2024

    The best film I saw at IDFA was An American Pastoral, a gripping look at the ideological clash in a conservative Pennsylvania town during a school board election. A critical, if painful, watch. Congrats to director Auberi Edler for winning the festival's Best Director Award 👏

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  • Dr. Jake Noel-Storr @noelstoj.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    On the way 🚅 #NS for today's adventure to the #IDFA International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. Today's picks: Bright Future 🇷🇴🇰🇷 (dir. Andra MacMasters); An American Pastoral 🇫🇷 (dir. Auberi Edler); Machine Boys 🇳🇬🇮🇹🇩🇪 (dir. Karim Ashadu); and CycleMahesh 🇮🇳 (dir. Suhel Banerjee)

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  • Lauri Lebo @llebo.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    Mr. Nobody Against Putin was a brave documentary that deserved to win. But should be watched as a double feature with An American Pastoral, on the disturbingly similar nationalist government-led attacks happening today in our public schools. filmmovement.com/an-american-...

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  • Pittsburgh Cinema Planner @pghcinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2025

    ⏳A new feature from the Brothers Quay is a momentous occasion. Catch it at the Harris, alongside the Megalopolis doc and a Three Stooges Fest 💣Backyard Docs Film Festival kicks of their second edition with An American Pastoral 💿Random Man visits Bottom Feeder and shares some mysterious videos 2/4

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  • The Annotated Fan @poormonger.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2025

    Huskers got what should be an easy one today — so I’m using it to *probably knock off a movie that I’m surprised I haven’t watched. In a Philip Roth adaptation showdown. Huskers win - American Pastoral Huskers lose - The Humbling

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  • Aaron Hammond @aaronhammond88.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2024

    My mom is watching the (heinous) AMERICAN PASTORAL movie that everyone forgot existed. Take a WILD guess what song plays over a montage of Vietnam footage

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  • mariansheila.bsky.social @mariansheila.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    I'm almost thru the Philip Roth books, American Pastoral (okay movie), I Married a Communist, and Human Stain. Loved the stories, but found the writing tedious, wordy and sometimes hard to follow. I read a lot, love Picoult, Feeney, Ward, Scottoline. Read 17 of the Asimov Robot books, great series.

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  • Gabe hyped for Forgotten Island and Hexed @gabemovie.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2025

    I am rewatching the 2016 crime-drama film American Pastoral Starring Ewan McGregor, Dakota Fanning, Molly Parker and the great David Strathairn

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  • Chris Wooden @slowdumars.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    Whatever you decide with American Pastoral, just make sure you skip the mediocre film adaptation.

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  • Florida Devotee @edb2.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2025

    Interesting movie last night, American Pastoral. Daughter joins opposition to Vietnam and in a violent way. Spoiler, after bombing a local business, a service station I think, she is hidden by the underground and lost to her family.

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  • Free Your Bile and the Ants Will Follow @rureal.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2025

    American Pastoral (2016) Such a depressing movie.

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  • Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 30, 2025

    Yesterday's #HotDocs25 film was "An American Pastoral". This one was anger triggering which showed how well organized the far right was from grassroots to celebrities while showing some people who resisted, but it didn't quite explain why they targeted school boards. Rated it a 4/5. #cdnpoli

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  • YTSL @ytsl.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2025

    "Film Movement has acquired North American rights for French filmmaker Auberi Edler’s documentary An American Pastoral... [T]he work [should have] a theatrical release in 2025, to be followed by a launch on leading digital platforms and the home entertainment marketplace."

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  • Free Your Bile and the Ants Will Follow @rureal.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    From depressing father/daughter movie, American Pastoral (2016) Who wants to get radical YO!?

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  • Free Your Bile and the Ants Will Follow @rureal.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2025

    This movie fucking sad YO! (American Pastoral)

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  • Free Your Bile and the Ants Will Follow @rureal.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2025

    Is this like the background of Kiss Of The Spider Woman, but with a family. (American Pastoral, 2016 movie)

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  • Odd Sock @oddsock57.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2025

    As an example of your point, I can't think of a single Philip Roth novel (except maybe for Goodbye, Columbus) that has been successfully translated to film. American Pastoral, for instance, was a wretched movie.

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  • Calumet Dundee @calumetdundee.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    In between, we watched another heartwarming holiday movie: “American Pastoral.” The indignities heaped on poor long-suffering Ewan McGregor by all the women in his life become comically Biblical (or maybe that’s just me). Mrs Dundee informs me that is kind of Philip Roth’s jam.

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  • Bryan Thomas @munkiman.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2024

    There are probably full-length 4K copies of Morrison's film HWY: An American Pastoral out there somewhere, maybe even on Youtube, but most that I've seen are in bad shape. This one looks pretty good for an excerpt or an edit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-74...

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  • Reno @RanganTMDB reviews · Nov 4, 2017

    About a father who never gave up on his daughter! The book was from the 90s and the story is about the 60s. Narrated from the father's perspective, that's what I think did not work in this film. This is where a film and the book does not synch. Because books are always very detail when it describes a person. In the films, they are just a simple visual where viewers have to focus on those details to have a perfect impression like the book. So I totally point out to the writer who did not quite…

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