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Netflix Acquires Clint Bentley's Sundance Official Selection 'Train Dreams'

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  • Director: Academy Award-nominee Clint Bentley

  • Writers: Academy Award-nominees Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, based on the novella by Denis Johnson

  • Production Companies: Black Bear and Kamala Films

  • Producers: Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler

  • Executive Producers: Joel Edgerton, Scott Hinckley, Greg Kwedar, John Friedberg

  • Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, William H. Macy, Kerry Condon

  • Logline: Adapted from the Denis Johnson novella, the film follows Robert Grainer, an average man living in extraordinary times, who worked as a day laborer in the American West at the beginning of the 20th century. Battered by the death of his family, he struggles to adjust to this new environment.