Netflix has released the first trailer for Train Dreams, director Clint Bentley’s (Sing Sing) adaptation of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella.
Joel Egerton stars as Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker in the rapidly-changing early 20th century America, while the cast also includes Felicity Jones, Nathaniel Arcand, Clifton Collins Jr., John Diehl, Paul Schneider, Kerry Condon and William H. Macy, along with narration by Will Patton. Check out the trailer below…
Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Golden Globe-nominee Joel Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th century America. Orphaned at a young age, Robert grows into adulthood among the towering forests of the Pacific Northwest, where he helps expand the nation’s railroad empire alongside men as unforgettable as the landscapes they inhabit. After a tender courtship, he marries Gladys (Academy Award-nominee Felicity Jones) and they build a home together, though his work often takes him far from her and their young daughter. When his life takes an unexpected turn, Robert finds beauty, brutality and newfound meaning for the forests and trees he has felled.
An ode to a vanishing way of life, an ever-evolving world, and to the extraordinary possibilities that exist within even the most simple of existences, Train Dreams captures a time and place that are now long gone, and the people who built a bridge to a future they could only dream of.
SEE ALSO: Read our review of Train Dreams here
Train Dreams arrives in select cinemas on November 7th, and lands on Netflix on November 21st.
