Movies for Readers: American Pastoral

This week's "Movie for Readers" is yet another one based on the great novels from the now-retired pen of Philip Roth: American Pastoral.  The novel, written in 1997, is actually part of what became known as Roth's "American Trilogy"(the other two books are I Married a Communist and The Human Stain) and it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

The film stars - and is directed by - Ewan McGregor, an interesting choice for this particular role, Dakota Fanning, and Jennifer Connelly.  It is set to open on October 21, 2016.  For those unfamiliar with the book, it is the story of a very successful man who suddenly finds his life and his family being destroyed by his daughter's political associations.  When she goes on the run, he struggles to figure out the truth of what happened and tries to find her.



Movies for Readers No. 27