
American Pastoral is a movie directed by Ewan McGregor in 2016 and based on the book of the same name by Philip Roth, first published in 1997. The movie features Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Peter Riegert, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, and others.
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Storyline
In 1996, at the 45th-year reunion of the class of ’51 at Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey, writer Nathan Zuckerman meets one of his old friends, Jerry Levov. They talk about Jerry’s older brother, former all-state star athlete Seymour, class of ’44, who recently died after a long illness.
Movie vs Book

Year
2016
Minutes
108
Movie Rate
6.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
American Pastoral
Director: Ewan McGregor
Country: USA
Year: 2016
Length: 1h48m
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Year
1997
Pages
432
Book Rate
7.84
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Book
American Pastoral
Author: Philip Roth
Country: USA
First published in: 1997
Length: 432 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Nathan Zuckerman
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“There are things in the book you could never do in a movie.”
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