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'Train Dreams' Trailer Brings Denis Johnson Novella to Life
Train Dreams, starring Joel Edgerton, depicts a logger’s life in early 20th century Pacific Northwest and holds a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating before its November release.
- On Wednesday, Netflix unveiled the new trailer for Train Dreams, which opens in select U.S. theaters on November 7 and streams on Netflix November 21.
- Clint Bentley directed Train Dreams and co-wrote the screenplay with Greg Kwedar, adapting Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella; the film premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Joel Edgerton anchors the film with a largely silent, praised performance, joined by Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy, and narrator Will Patton; the trailer highlights forest and mountain imagery.
- Joel Edgerton described the movie’s focus on ordinary lives, saying `I think there's a real relatable engine to this movie. Robert is absorbing the blows of the world, and moving in the streams and avenues that he's allowed to move in, based on the life that he's been given and the upbringing he had`,' Edgerton told Netflix's Tudum, highlighting Robert Grainier’s struggle amid change.
- Bentley and Kwedar return after an Oscar-nominated collaboration, bringing awards pedigree to Train Dreams, which drew raves at Sundance and Toronto and holds a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
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Joel Edgerton Makes His Oscar Bid in the Exquisite ‘Train Dreams’ Trailer
Clint Bentley's rugged and philosophizing Denis Johnson adaptation could push the Australian actor to his first Best Actor Oscar nomination, here as a logger in the Pacific Northwest.
Netflix's 'Train Dreams' Trailer: Joel Edgerton Confronts the Passage of Time, a Changing America in Awards Contender
Beautiful, ain’t it? Clint Bentley’s life-spanning historical drama “Train Dreams” will release on Netflix in November. On Wednesday, the streaming service unveiled a new trailer for the film, giving fans another look at the decades-long story of life and death starring Joel Edgerton. Time keeps chugging along in “Train Dreams,” whether Edgerton’s Robert Grainier wants it to or not. Robert is a logger, tasked with constructing railroads across t…
‘Train Dreams’ Trailer: Joel Edgerton Watches The World Change Before His Eyes In ‘Sing Sing’ Duo’s American West Tale
Train Dreams, from the Sing Sing duo of Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, keeps chugging along toward its November release. On Wednesday, Netflix unveiled the official trailer for the uniquely American saga starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon and William H. Macy. The pic, adapted from Denis Johnson’s 2002 short story (later published as […]
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