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August: Osage County
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6.9An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Violet Weston
- Julia Roberts as Barbara Weston
- Julianne Nicholson as Ivy Weston
- Juliette Lewis as Karen Weston
- Ewan McGregor as Bill Fordham
- Margo Martindale as Mattie Fae Aiken
Themes
- suicide
- funeral
- southern usa
- drug addiction
- oklahoma
- based on play or musical
- family secrets
- dysfunctional family
- cancer
- suicide of father
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
97,779 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 16 wins & 67 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Wells
- Screenplay by
- Tracy Letts
- Based on
- August: Osage County , by Tracy Letts
- Produced by
- George Clooney Grant Heslov Jean Doumanian Steve Traxler
- Starring
- Meryl Streep Julia Roberts Ewan McGregor Chris Cooper Abigail Breslin Benedict Cumberbatch Juliette Lewis Margo Martindale Dermot Mulroney Julianne Nicholson Sam Shepard Misty Upham
- Cinematography
- Adriano Goldman
- Edited by
- Stephen Mirrione
- Music by
- Gustavo Santaolalla
- Production companies
- Jean Doumanian Productions Smoke House Pictures Battle Mountain Films Yucaipa Films
- Distributed by
- The Weinstein Company
- Release dates
- September 9, 2013 ( 2013-09-09 ) ( TIFF ) December 27, 2013 ( 2013-12-27 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 120 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $37 million
- Box office
- $74.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
August: Osage County is a 2013 American tragicomedy film directed by John Wells and adapted by Tracy Letts from his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2007 play. The film was produced by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jean Doumanian, and Steve Traxler.
The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, and Misty Upham as a dysfunctional family that reunites at the family home when their patriarch (Sam Shepard) suddenly disappears.
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