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Summary:

"The darkly hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives converge when a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them"--Container.

Contributors:

Wells, John, 1956- , film director

Clooney, George , film producer

Heslov, Grant, 1963- , film producer

Doumanian, Jean , film producer

Traxler, Steve , film producer

Letts, Tracy, 1965- , screenwriter

Streep, Meryl , actor

Roberts, Julia, 1967- , actor

McGregor, Ewan, 1971- , actor

Cooper, Chris, 1951- , actor

Breslin, Abigail, 1996- , actor

Cumberbatch, Benedict, 1976- , actor

Lewis, Juliette , actor

Martindale, Margo, 1951- , actor

Mulroney, Dermot , actor

Nicholson, Julianne, 1971- , actor

Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017 , actor

Upham, Misty, 1982-2014 , actor

Santaolalla, Gustavo , composer

Evans, Cindy , costume designer

Mirrione, Stephen, 1969- , film editor

Gropman, David , production designer

Goldman, Adriano , cinematographer

Weinstein Company , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Jean Doumanian Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Smoke House Pictures , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Battle Mountain Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Yucaipa Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed French dialogue; optional Spanish subtitles; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: August: Osage County [by Letts, T.]

Subjects:

Mothers and daughters — Drama

Women — Drama

Dysfunctional families — Drama

Middle West — Drama

Letts, Tracy, 1965- — Film adaptations

Letts, Tracy, 1965-

Women

Dysfunctional families

Mothers and daughters

Middle West

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films — United States

Comedy films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Feature films

Fiction films

Drama

Film adaptations

System Details:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Performers:

Cast: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Misty Upham.

Production Credits:

Music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; edited by Stephen Mirrione ; production designer, David Gropman ; director of photography, Adriano Goldman.

General Notes:

Based on the play by Tracy Letts.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: feature and deleted scenes commentary with director John Wells and cinematographer Adriano Goldman ; The making of August: Osage County ; featurette on writing with Tracy Letts.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R; for language including sexual references, and for drug material.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 24 fps; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1

Film Characteristics:

24 fps; 2.40:1; wide screen

Video Characteristics:

laser optical; NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

AUG 2013 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 013132611624
Publisher Number, Anchor Bay Entertainment: WC61162

OCLC Numbers:

871458734