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August: Osage County

August: Osage County

Misery loves family

20136.92h 1m

Overview

An 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.

Directed by John Wells
Written by Tracy Letts
Produced by Jean Doumanian, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $74.2M

Top Cast

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Violet Weston

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Barbara Weston

Julianne Nicholson

Julianne Nicholson

Ivy Weston

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis

Karen Weston

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Bill Fordham

Margo Martindale

Margo Martindale

Mattie Fae Aiken

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin

Jean Fordham

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Charlie Aiken

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney

Steve Huberbrecht

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Little Charles Aiken

Themes & Keywords

suicidefuneralsouthern usadrug addictionoklahomabased on play or musicalfamily secretsdysfunctional familycancersuicide of fathermidwestalcoholic fatherprotective fathermental disordersfamily homebad mothersisterhoodabusive mothersick mothermother daughter relationshipbrother sister relationshippillspill-addictedtoxic family

About August: Osage County

August: Osage County is a comedy, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of suicide, funeral, southern usa, drug addiction, oklahoma, based on play or musical. Directed by John Wells, it stars Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson. An 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.

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