Ewan McGregor’s AMERICAN PASTORAL Trailer Witness the first AMERICAN PASTORAL trailer! The film, directed by Ewan McGregor, stars McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, and David Strathairn. AMERICAN PASTORAL will be released in theaters on October 28. Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter’s new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.