Osage county 20 the death and funeral of their father brings three sisters to the home of their mother, violet meryl streep, an acidtongued, pillpopping cancer patient. From star trek to alan turing a hapless young man in august. The movie, which is based on a play by tracy letts, is a look at the lives of the strongwilled women of the weston family, whose paths have diverged. Directed by john wells the company men, the film features an allstar cast led by golden globenominees meryl streep and julia roberts.
Osage county, filmed in oklahoma in places like downtown pawhuska and bartlesville and the northern reaches of osage county, just feels right. View in itunes from academy award winner alexander payne, the director of sideways and the descendants, comes the film that critics are calling an american masterpiece. Directed by john wells and starring the extraordinary meryl streep, julia roberts, julianne nicholson, juliette lewis, august. It is produced by george clooney, grant heslov, jean doumanian, and steve traxler the film stars an ensemble cast consisting of meryl streep, julia roberts, ewan mcgregor, chris cooper, abigail breslin, benedict cumberbatch. In the play, the first line of the prologue is revelatory. Osage county made its oklahoma premiere wednesday night, and it didnt matter to those in attendance that neither meryl streep nor julia roberts was on. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Your music, tv shows, movies, podcasts, and audiobooks will transfer automatically to the apple music, apple tv, apple podcasts, and apple books apps where youll still have access to your favorite itunes features, including purchases, rentals, and imports. Osage county is a heartbreaking account of the downfall of a family.
Columbia records will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy drama august. Film industry basics workshop oklahoma film and music office. Osage county is a dark, hilarious, and deeply touching story of the strongwilled women of the weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the oklahoma house they grew up in and the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Osage county and devils knot video catherine shoard gives the rundown on whats been on offer at a packed toronto film festival 1. It was written by tracy letts and based on his pulitzer prizewinning eponymous play. He also lent his posh growl to the computeranimated dragon smaug in the hobbit. Jan 12, 2014 sometimes theatrical plays dont translate well onto the screen. It was the recipient of the 2008 pulitzer prize for drama. From gaffers and grips to electricians, welders and carpenters, the movie industry provides. Osage county is billed as a black comedy, as a psychoanalyst who writes on fictional characters id be hard pressed to call the situations depicted in the film comedy at all.
August osage county originele film soundtrack muziek door gustavo santaolalla. Les liaisons dangereuses may 01, 2008 jul 06, 2008. The desolation of smaug 20, the second installment in director peter jacksons film trilogy of j. The play moved to broadway, then london, picked up a tony award for best play as well as the pulitzer prize in drama, and a feature film is in the works. I suspect, based on my reading of the play i have not seen the production, that this might be the case with tracy letts pulitzer prizewinning play, august. Yes, violet is as capable of humor as she is of cruelty, but the meanspiritedness in her actions far outweighs anything funny. Osage county watch julia roberts tell meryl streep, eat the fish, bitch. It may be that the stage where it was three and a half hours long was a more perfect home for august. With meryl streep, dermot mulroney, julia roberts, juliette lewis. It has been made into a twohour movie that feels like a month.
A family crisis unites a dispersed group of siblings at the oklahoma house they grew. Watching this dread contagion spread through, and methodically dissolve, the members and friends of the weston family of pawhuska, oklahoma, is the chief joy of lettss carefully vibrant new play, august. Osage county, the screen adaptation of tracy lettss pulitzer prizewinning 2007 drama of family dysfunction. After closing a little more than 2 years ago at steppenwolf, tracy letts american neoepic august. Osage county is a movie worth watching and the actors perform very well. It is not to be confused with this volume, however, which is simply the soundtrack to the film.
The grapes of wrath 1940, where the red fern grows 1974, the outsiders 1983, rain man 1988, twister 1996, the killer inside me 2010 and august. Julia roberts poses for a photograph on the red carpet at the gala for the film august, osage county during the toronto international film festival. Its standing empty and looking a little forlorn now, but i think the bones of it are beautiful. Osage county tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strongwilled women of the weston family, whose lives have diverged until a. After a strong run on broadway in 2007 selling out august osage county tickets many months in advance, the steppenwolf theatre company decided to take the show on the road in 2009 and traveled to many locations in the united states to bring further acclaim to the play. The tenroom sears, roebuck and company house was built in the 1910s for the towns founder and his wife, isaac walter and grace boulanger. A look at the lives of the strongwilled women of the weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Osage county tracy letts acidtongued broadway triumph reaches the screen with its scalding intensity fully intact. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. Osage county premiered at the toronto international film festival on september 9. Osage county news hollywood turns viciously against harvey weinstein.
Osage county original motion picture soundtrack by various artists on amazon music. The album features the film s original score composed by academy award winner gustavo santolalla brokeback mountain, babel, as well music by adam taylor who scored major parts of the movie. Jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. Osage county 20 full movie online free no download august. Osage county 20 have one significant similarity, they were filmed, at least in part, in oklahoma. The movie is a dark, hilarious as well as a deeply touching story. Osage county starring meryl streep and julia roberts on dvd and bluray. It had its broadway debut at the imperial theater on december 4, 2007, and the production transferred to the music box theatre on april 29, 2008. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Osage county is the hundredyearold boulanger home, located on 22 acres in boulanger north of pawhuska. A website dedicated to august osage county, one of the most successful broadway shows to hit new york city in many years. Theatre works fullcast recording, featuring members of the original steppenwolf theatre and broadway productions. Osage county farmhouse in oklahoma the new meryl streepjulia roberts movie august. Osage county was written by argentine composer, producer, and multiinstrumentalist gustavo santaolalla.
Starring academyaward winners meryl streep, julia roberts and chris cooper, academyaward nominees abigail breslin. The death and funeral of their father brings three sisters to the home of their mother, violet meryl streep, an acidtongued, pillpopping cancer patient. The movie is available on itunes, you can download it, save it on your computer and watch it during your free time. The film premiered at the 20 toronto international film festival. What will draw northeast oklahomans to theaters next month to see the film, will be the storefronts, streets and markings of the place they call home used as a location for the film, based on the pulitzer prizewinning play by oklahoma native tracy letts. Osage county is definitely more tiring than captivating despite the story having good potential to be quite interesting. Osage county meryl streep and julia roberts lead an allstar cast. Osage county was filmed on location at this 100year old farmhouse in pawhuska, oklahoma. Osage county is a 20 american tragicomedy film directed by john wells. Tracy letts pulitzer prizewinning play of the same name made its broadway debut in december 2007 after premiering at. Osage county premiered at the toronto international film festival on september 9, 20, and was released in the united states on december 27, 20. Jan 09, 2014 meryl streep utterly dominates august.
Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. In this movie, great actors display the worst experience that humans can possibly go through. It was shot in and around osage county, including pawhuska and barnsdall. The play premiered at the steppenwolf theatre in chicago on june 28, 2007, and closed on august 26, 2007. Where the wind comes sweeping out of the mouths of the speechifying members of the quarrelsome weston clan who have gathered to pay their last respects to one of their ownand disrespects to each otherin august. It is really a performance movie, but another area it fails in is that the performances just arent strong enough to carry the whole film. If youve seen the traileror heck, even just the posteryouve basically seen everything you need to know about august. Osage county drama after the accidental death of her husband, violet, the stubborn, drugaddicted and temperamental matriarch, is. The movie is great and available on itunes for you to download and watch anytime that you please.
Allegedly based on a good play and i am skeptical as it was adapted by the playwright himself, this is supposed to be a black comedy about a fathers death and the way it brings a family together, only to tear them viciously apart as old rivalries, jealousies. Osage county starring meryl streep in this drama on directv. Based on tracy letts pulitzer prize and tony awardwinning play of the same name, august. Artisanscrafts osage ribbon work, textiles, beading, weaving, knitting, tailors, sewing, cobblers, millinery commercial drivers drivers wcommercial license. Osage county is the film adaptation of the award winning play written bytracy letts who also wrote the screenplay. An astounding ensemble cast meryl streep, sam shepard, julia roberts and juliette lewis star in this adaptation of tracy letts pulitzer prizewinning pl. When a father bruce dern and his adult son will forte embark on a journey to claim a milliondollar prize, what begins as a fools errand becomes a search for the.
While much praise was given to the cast, the screenplay was praised by some and seen by others as too dark and. Sometimes theatrical plays dont translate well onto the screen. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Winner of the 2008 tony award for best play, tracy letts darkly comic epic offers a painfully funny look at a family struggling in the desolate heart of america. In addition to the large historic house, the property also. Osage county 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Osage county is about the strong willed women that belong to the. An ensemble cast consisting of julia roberts, ewan mcgregor, chris cooper, and juliette lewis among others will keep you entertained, but it is meryl streeps portrayal of violet weston that keeps the viewer glued to the screen. And once the mind is affected, can the heart and body be far behind. Mick lasalle is the san francisco chronicle s movie critic. Osage county was a threehour play that felt like two hours. Osage county on cineplex, apple itunes, microsoft store as download or rent it on cineplex, apple itunes, microsoft store. Osage county stars meryl streep, julia roberts, ewan mcgregor, chris cooper the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of 58 out. The fiery tempers are as hot as the oklahoma weather in this film.
It was written by tracy letts and based on his pulitzer prizewinning eponym. Osage county tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strongwilled 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. Violet is a sharptongued, strongwilled woman, who is suffering from mouth cancer. She is also addicted to prescription painkillers, which cause her to be. Directed by john wells the company men, the film features an. Also included are songs by bon iver, kings of leon, eric clapton, john fullbright, billy. Osage county was filmed on location at this 100year old farmhouse in pawhuska, oklahoma its standing empty and looking a little forlorn now, but i think the bones of it are beautiful. Osage county won the 20 brittania award for the british artist of the yearbenedict cumberbatch. Osage county drama after the accidental death of her husband, violet, the stubborn, drugaddicted and temperamental matriarch, is forced to reunite with her estranged family in their hometown. Artisanscrafts osage ribbon work, textiles, beading, weaving, knitting, tailors, sewing, cobblers, millinery.