August: Osage County

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black comedy film drama film film

August: Osage County is a darkly comic drama about a dysfunctional Oklahoma family, adapted from Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize–winning play and known for its acclaimed ensemble cast.

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instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn August: Osage County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: August: Osage County (play)
castMember Abigail Breslin ⓘ
Benedict Cumberbatch ⓘ
Chris Cooper ⓘ
Dermot Mulroney ⓘ
Ewan McGregor ⓘ
Julia Roberts ⓘ
Julianne Nicholson ⓘ
Juliette Lewis ⓘ
Margo Martindale ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
Misty Upham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Shepard ⓘ
cinematographer Adriano Goldman ⓘ
composer Gustavo Santaolalla ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Wells ⓘ
distributor The Weinstein Company ⓘ
editor Stephen Mirrione ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
leadActor Julia Roberts ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
mainTheme addiction ⓘ
dysfunctional family dynamics ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
grief ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
notableAward Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (Meryl Streep) ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Julia Roberts) ⓘ
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ⓘ
surface form: Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for ensemble cast
originalLanguage English ⓘ
playwrightOfSourceMaterial Tracy Letts ⓘ
producer George Clooney ⓘ
Grant Heslov ⓘ
Jean Doumanian ⓘ
Steve Traxler NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Jean Doumanian Productions ⓘ
Smokehouse Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 2013 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes approximately 121 ⓘ
screenwriter Tracy Letts ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Oklahoma ⓘ
sourceMaterialAward Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Drama (for the play "August: Osage County")
worldPremiereEvent Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ

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August: Osage County → basedOn → August: Osage County self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: August: Osage County (play)
Dermot Mulroney → notableWork → August: Osage County ⓘ
John Wells → notableWork → August: Osage County ⓘ
this entity surface form: August: Osage County (film)
John Wells Productions → notableWork → August: Osage County ⓘ
Juliette Lewis → notableWork → August: Osage County ⓘ
The Weinstein Company → notableWork → August: Osage County ⓘ