American Dreamer (2022 film) Movie Download, MP4 & Cast

American Dreamer is a 2022 American black comedy film directed by Paul Dektor (in his feature debut) and written by Theodore Melfi. Based on a segment from the radio show This American Life, it stars Peter Dinklage as a professor who tries to buy the estate of a lonely widow played by Shirley MacLaine. Kim Quinn, Danny Pudi, Danny Glover, and Matt Dillon also star.

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 11, 2022. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 8, 2024.

Premise

Dr. Phil Loder, a low-level, adjunct professor of economics at Harvard, has always dreamed of owning a home. His wish becomes a possibility when a lonely widow offers Phil her sprawling estate for pennies. The deal, however, is too good to be true.

Cast

• Peter Dinklage as Dr. Phil Loder
• Shirley MacLaine as Astrid Fanelli, the widow
• Kim Quinn as Maggie
• Danny Pudi as Craig, the Dean of Economics at Brockton University
• Danny Glover as a private investigator
• Matt Dillon as Dell, a real estate agent
• Michelle Mylett as a graduate student

Production

The independent film American Dreamer was first announced on February 2, 2021, with Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, and Kimberly Quinn attached to star. In March, Danny Glover, Matt Dillon, Danny Pudi, and Michelle Mylett joined the cast; production began on March 15 in Vancouver, and was set to conclude on April 16, 2021. Filming also took place in Victoria, British Columbia, where partial parts of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings were converted into “Brockton University” as the film is set in Massachusetts.

Release date

American Dreamer had a world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 11, 2022. It is scheduled to be released in the United States by Vertical Entertainment on March 8, 2024.