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Joel Edgerton Reveals How His New Netflix Period Drama Became the Oscars' Most Surprising Contender

One of the quietest contenders for Best Picture at the Academy Awards is Netflix's period drama, Train Dreams. Directed by Clint Bentley (Sing Sing) from a script written with collaborator Greg Kwedar ...
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Joel Edgerton wants you to talk about “Train Dreams”: 'A lot of movies are not really worth talking about'

Joel Edgerton hopes his new film, Train Dreams, gets people talking: "It's a world that people can reach into and either pull out their own experience or reflect their own experience." The Australian ...
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How ‘Star Wars' and fatherhood led Joel Edgerton to board Netflix's ‘Train Dreams'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor Joel Edgerton at the St. Regis hotel in San Francisco in October. His new film, "Train Dreams," is set for release in ...
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10 Years Ago, Joel Edgerton's 'The Gift' Gave Us Some of the Best Modern Plot Twists

Joel Edgertonis an actor of immense talent who, over the years, has worked with some of the most celebrated directors in the industry, such as George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Kathryn Bigelow, Baz Luhrmann ...
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Joel Edgerton Blows the Whistle on a Cruel Tradition in New Look at 'The Plague' [Exclusive]

From the underrated 2015 thriller The Gift to portraying Owen Lars in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, Joel Edgerton has proven himself to be one of the best actors working today. Having ...
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Joel Edgerton Talks Netflix and Director Clint Bentley's 'Train Dreams'

Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Joel Edgerton about his work on ‘Train Dreams’, his first reaction to the screenplay, why he wanted to play this role, and how shooting on location ...
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Joel Edgerton’s Anti-Charisma Has Become His Greatest Strength

For years, he was the opposite of what we expect from leading men. But the Train Dreams actor has become a more memorable onscreen presence with age. Photo: Netflix Joel Edgerton is getting the best ...
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Joel Edgerton admits he ‘never thought of myself as talented’

Joel Edgerton said he “never thought of myself as talented” as he accepted the Talent Award at the Deauville American Film Festival. The Australian actor, 51, was honoured at the 51st edition of the ...
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Joel Edgerton Improvised Some of ‘Train Dreams’ Best Scenes: “If You Followed a Script, You’d Never Get These Moments”

As soon as Joel Edgerton finished reading Train Dreams—an award-winning 2011 novella by Denis Johnson—he inquired about the movie rights. “I was toying with the idea of adapting it,” the Australian ...
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First Joel Edgerton and Clint Bentley Became Fathers. Then They Made Train Dreams

Train Dreams, the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson, had a profound effect on both Clint Bentley and Joel Edgerton. The story, about a logger named Robert Grainier who helps build railroads at the turn of ...
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Joel Edgerton unleashed his 'superpowers' as a dad for 'Train Dreams'

Joel Edgerton is ready to punch his awards season ticket. Ever since debuting at Sundance Film Festival in January, "Train Dreams" (streaming now on Netflix) has gradually picked up steam as a ...