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'Elegy' (adapted from 'The Dying Animal')

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PHOTO: Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz in the 2008 movie, 'Elegy'.
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Based on Roth's 2001 novella \"The Dying Animal,\" the film centers on a professor, played by Ben Kingsley, who begins a relationship with a much younger student, played by Penelope Cruz. The 2008 film received mostly favorable reviews.

'The Humbling'

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PHOTO: The Humbling starring Al Pacino is based on the 2009 novel The Humbling by Philip Roth.
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Al Pacino plays an older actor in decline in this adaptation of Roth's 2009 novel. It also stars Greta Gerwig, Kyra Sedgwick and Dianne Wiest. The 2014 film received mixed reviews.

'Indignation'

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PHOTO: Indignation is a 2016 American drama film written, produced, and directed by James Schamus. The film, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Philip Roth.
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This 2016 adaption of Roth's 2008 novel stars Logan Lerman as a principled young college student who gets involved with a troubled girl, played by Sarah Gadon, and ends up dying in the Korean War. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was widely praised by critics.

'American Pastoral'

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PHOTO: American Pastoral is a 2016 American crime-drama film directed by Ewan McGregor and written by John Romano, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Philip Roth.
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Ewan McGregor made his directorial debut and also stars in this 2016 adaptation of Roth's 1997 novel of the same name, in which a successful Jewish American businessman searches for his daughter, played by Dakota Fanning, after she becomes an anti-Vietnam War radical. The film, which also stars Jennifer Connelly, failed with critics and at the box office.

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