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    TRAIN DREAMS

    Directed by Clint Bentley
    USA | 102 minutes | Talking Pictures: Book to Screen

  

Please join us for an extended discussion with director/co-screenwriter Clint Bentley and co-screenwriter Greg Kwedar on January 9th, moderated by Matt Grobar of Deadline. Presented as part of the Book-to-Screen program in partnership with Deadline.

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Based on the novella of the same name, Train Dreams is the portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.


film details

Director: Clint Bentley
Producers: Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler
Screenwriter: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Cinematographers: Adolpho Veloso
Editor: Parker Laramie
Music: Bryce Dessner
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Clifton Collins Jr., Kerry Condon, William H. Macy
Country: USA
Language: English
Year: 2025
Running Time: 102 minutes
Director Filmography: Jockey (2021)
Primary Company: Netflix

Film Festival 2026