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Is August: Osage County funny?
It's Bible black. But it's also ridiculously funny, which is why Kate Carruthers — who's directing Bainbridge Performing Arts' production, which opens March 17 — feels it's so special. "It's tragic and it's hilarious all at the same time," said Carruthers.
Is August: Osage County a good movie?
"August: Osage County" is a stunning, powerful play written by Tracy Letts - it rocked Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize. And it's going to rock a movie theater near you. This isn't a movie for everyone. It's exhausting, it's full of really despicable people, and it's mighty depressing.
Is August: Osage County a true story?
The story of August: Osage County came from his own experience, Letts says. In fact, his actor father, Dennis Letts, played the role of the grandfather on stage. "It's based on family history," Tracy Letts tells NPR's Scott Simon. "My grandfather — my mother's father — committed suicide when I was 10 years old."
Is August: Osage County on Netflix?
Watch August: Osage County | Netflix.
What is August: Osage County rated?
RAugust: Osage County / MPAA rating
Did Meryl Streep win an Oscar for Osage County?
August: Osage County is a 2013 American black comedy-drama film written by Tracy Letts and based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play by the same name....Obi-Wan Finale - The Loop.August: Osage CountyStarringJulia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper86th Academy Awards6 more rows
Are Ivy and Little Charles related?
At the end of the play, when Violet reveals that Ivy and Little Charles are not cousins, but brother and sister, Ivy is devastated, and flees the house, vowing never to return.
Did the movie August: Osage County win any Oscars?
For their performances in the film, Streep and Roberts received Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively....August: Osage County (film)August: Osage CountyBased onAugust: Osage County by Tracy LettsProduced byGeorge Clooney Grant Heslov Jean Doumanian Steve Traxler15 more rows
What part did George Clooney play in August: Osage County?
Charles Aiken Sr.Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris CooperViolet WestonMeryl StreepBeverly WestonSam ShepardBarbara FordhamJulia RobertsMattie Fae AikenMargo MartindaleIvy WestonJulianne NicholsonAugust: Osage County/Characters
How old was Meryl Streep in Osage County?
Meryl Streep really can do anything, it would seem. She provided actress Abigail Breslin with a sweet keepsake from “August: Osage County.” “Meryl gave me a little drawing that she drew of my character at the end of filming. I kept that, for sure,” the 17-year-old actress said during a recent phone call.
What is the movie August: Osage County about?
The death and funeral of their father brings three sisters to the home of their mother, Violet (Meryl Streep), an acid-tongued, pill-popping cancer patient. Daughters Barbara (Julia Roberts), Karen (Juliette Lewis) and Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) -- along with their significant others and various other kin -- take the full brunt of their dysfunctional matriarch's venom, for Violet tells every one of them exactly what she thinks of them. Based on the play by Tracy Letts.August: Osage County / Film synopsis
Where was August: Osage County filmed?
PawhuskaThe production is "August: Osage County," and on Friday the movie - based on Tulsa native Tracy Letts' award-winning play - filmed in Pawhuska, the county seat of Osage County.
What is the movie August: Osage County about?
The death and funeral of their father brings three sisters to the home of their mother, Violet (Meryl Streep), an acid-tongued, pill-popping cancer patient. Daughters Barbara (Julia Roberts), Karen (Juliette Lewis) and Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) -- along with their significant others and various other kin -- take the full brunt of their dysfunctional matriarch's venom, for Violet tells every one of them exactly what she thinks of them. Based on the play by Tracy Letts.August: Osage County / Film synopsis
What happened to Beverly in August: Osage County?
Violet's three adult daughters return to their hometown of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, when their father, Beverly—a retired poet and an alcoholic, played by Sam Shepard—goes missing and is found dead a few days later in a river, having committed suicide.
What happens at the end of August: Osage County?
"'August: Osage County' ends with the daughters leaving and the mother alone in the house with the housekeeper. That's how it has always ended, that's how it will always end. What you choose to show at the ending -- when the credits start, what the music is -- those are the questions we were dealing with.
Where was August: Osage County filmed?
PawhuskaThe production is "August: Osage County," and on Friday the movie - based on Tulsa native Tracy Letts' award-winning play - filmed in Pawhuska, the county seat of Osage County.
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A lot or a little?
Families can sustain you, but they can also be so dysfunctional that they're not healthy. Secrets are destructive, and the truth usually comes out anyway.
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that August: Osage County is an intense drama about a dysfunctional family and the chaos that erupts in the wake of a suicide that triggers several difficult revelations.
What's the story?
A cinematic adaptation of Tracy Letts' award-winning play, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY finds the Westons without their patriarch, Beverley ( Sam Shepard ), who has disappeared once more. It's not just one of his drunken escapes, though. He's dead.
Is it any good?
For the cast alone, August: Osage County deserves all the praise in the world. No one holds back here -- not Streep, nor the amazing Martindale and Cooper, and especially not Roberts, who's absolutely fantastic, spitting nails with her bitterness and fury. And it's just as well, because all the roles call for leaving nothing at the table.
