August: Osage County Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Meryl Streep has been cast as pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston, and Julia Roberts will play her complicated adult daughter Barbara.

Cited as official plot version from finance.yahoo.com

Drama Family

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in August: Osage County.

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  Meryl Streep

  ... Violet Weston

  The Post, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!

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  Julia Roberts

  ... Barbara Fordham

  After the Hunt, Smurfs: The Lost Village

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  Chris Cooper

  ... Violet's Brother-in-law

  The Town, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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  Margo Martindale

  ... Mattie Fae Aiken

  Secretariat, Heaven Is For Real

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  Abigail Breslin

  ... Jean Fordham

  Ender's Game, Classified

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  Juliette Lewis

  Opus, The Thicket

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  Sam Shepard

  ... Beverly Weston

  The Notebook, Mud

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  Benedict Cumberbatch

  ... Little Charles Aiken

  Spider-Man: No Way Home, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

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  Dermot Mulroney

  When I’m Ready, Laws of Man

Crew Behind the Film

The August: Osage County behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director John Wells last directed The Company Men and Burnt. The film's writer Tracy Letts last wrote The Woman in the Window and Killer Joe.

Director

John Wells

Screenwriter

Tracy Letts

Producers

George Clooney
Jerry Frankel
Grant Heslov
Jeffrey Richards
Steve Traxler

Production Details

What we know about the August: Osage County movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on Tracy Letts' Pulitzer-winning play. The play, which premiered in 2007 at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, went on to Broadway and London as it picked up the Pulitzer for drama and the Tony for best play. Harvey Weinstein has been developing a film version since 2007.

Production Updates for August: Osage County

Aug 2013

Completed

Changed August: Osage County movie production status. MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

Mar 2013

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Sep 2012

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Jul 2012

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Plan is to go into production sometime in August.

Nov 2008

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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