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We\u2019ve talked before about adaptations of Pulitzer Prize winners and films that had disastrous premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, but perhaps none as disappointing as this week\u2019s film. From one of the most lauded novels of the modern era, American Pastoral <\/em>had the heaviest burden of expectations and stop-and-start production history. With a pedigreed cast of Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, and Dakota Fanning, the film was originally intended to be brought to the screen by Phillip Noyce, only to be replaced shortly before filming by none other than McGregor himself. Critics weren\u2019t kind to McGregor\u2019s directorial debut, and it died as soon as it world premiered at TIFF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The film underwent a fast re-edit, but that didn\u2019t help it from bombing when it opened in the same weekend as eventual Best Picture winner Moonlight<\/em>, the film underwent a fast re-edit. This episode, we redicover the film\u2019s poor attempt at adapting Phillip Roth, Jennifer Connelly\u2019s post-Oscar career, and how using Buffalo Springfield in movies about the 1960s should no longer be allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Topics also include a return to David Strathairn being hot, McGregor\u2019s screen persona, and Fanning\u2019s rise as a go-to child actor.<\/p>\n Follow Us on Twitter!\n\n
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