Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams,” a Malickian drama about a railroad worker who lives an isolated life, has been acquired by Netflix. I’m told the deal to buy the film was around $10M.
“Train Dreams” stars Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy and Clifton Collins Jr. It earned strong reviews after its Eccles premiere at the Sundance Film Festival — 81 on Metacritic and 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The synopsis for “Train Dreams”: A story about Robert Grainier, a day laborer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of time away from his wife, Gladys, and their young daughter, Grainier struggles to make sense of his place in a rapidly changing world.
Bentley’s debut film was 2021’s “Jockey,” which premiered in Park City, and starred Collins Jr. I’ll be watching “Train Dreams” this evening, and if all goes well, will probably have a Sundance Top 10 films recap up sometime next Monday.