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August: Osage County [Blu-ray]
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| Genre | Kids & Family |
| Format | NTSC, DVD, PAL |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 2 hours and 1 minute |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 05017239152368 |
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Academy Award-nominated drama directed by John Wells. Members of the Weston family reunite at their family home in Osage County, Oklahoma when their troubled poet father Beverly (Sam Shepard) goes missing. It isn't long before they find that he has commited suicide and the rest of the family then come to pay their last regards at the funeral. Leaving his outspoken and drug-addicted wife Violet (Meryl Streep) behind, the rest of the family feel obligated to stay with her while she grieves for her husband. But living in such close proximity is a test for any grown family, and it isn't long before cracks in their relationships begin to appear. The ensemble cast includes Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Juliette Lewis, Chris Cooper and Benedict Cumberbatch. Both Streep and Roberts received Oscar nominations for their performances in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, respectively.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.82 ounces
- Media Format : NTSC, DVD, PAL
- Run time : 2 hours and 1 minute
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Eiv
- ASIN : B00ITO0NRE
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #150,133 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #40,791 in Blu-ray
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Tracy Letts, writer of the stage show, wrote this film adaptation as well. It appears that he didn't mind cutting the film down considerably for the screen. The film is able to avoid becoming a "greatest hits" version of the play. Yet it can be called an abridged version of the stage show, but that's not quite right either. It's its own animal. It can't help but feel stagy but I certainly don't think that detracts from the experience.
"August: Osage County" tells the story of the Weston family. Three sisters - Barbara (Julia Roberts), Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) and Karen (Juliette Lewis) come back home after their alcoholic, yet soulful and brooding father Beverly (Sam Shepherd) goes missing. Their mother, Violet (Meryl Streep) has basically ruined each one of these girls' lives in one way or another. She has cancer of the mouth, but is constantly smoking like a chimney. Each character has their own story going on. Letts keeps just enough of each character in this condensed adaptation to make it feel like everybody is well-examined and written. I still wish it was the same three and a half hours that the play was, but I understand why that wasn't an option.
When a film contains numerous stellar performances like this, a complaint about the running time hardly means anything. Meryl Streep continues to prove that she can do no wrong. You've never seen her play a character like Violet Weston. She's a serial killer, and words are her bullets. When she goes on "truth-telling" rampages, no one is safe. She gives a performance that might remind you of Elizabeth Taylor's classic turn in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". A great woman whose moral and mental health is very much in question, who is biting, clever and ruthless. A twenty-minute long dinner table scene (which is one of the play's three acts) is absolutely terrific, because this is where everything begins to disintegrate.
Julia Roberts surprised me as well. She's done a few incredible dramatic performances, but I mainly think of her as a rom-com actress. She has a meaty, complicated role in Barbara Weston, and she nails it. Other standouts include Julianne Nicholson, who I'm shocked isn't a bigger star than she is. Margo Martindale is also fantastic as Aunt Mattie Fay. But the truth is there's not a bad performance to be found in all of "August: Osage County".
One thing you must know before seeing this film is that it's absolutely no comedy. Its trailers depict it as a lighthearted family comedy, and that's not really true at all. It's potent as both a drama and a comedy, however it's not lighthearted in the slightest. These are miserable, miserable people. It's relatable in so many ways, but you can remember, hopefully, that you and your family could be worse.
Tracy Letts clearly loves manic, cynical people. There are so many highs, lows and dramatic confessions here, that you are likely to feel emotionally exhausted when it's over.You'll also be in a considerate state of shock when it's all said and done. I sat in the theater, with a large crowd, who didn't start to tinker out of the theater until the credits were almost over. It gave me the same experience that the stage show did, and I consider that to be a high compliment.
Grade: A
The desperation of the older generations left behind colors everything that happens forward...the hopelessness, the drug addiction, and the family disintegration.
The ending was a little unresolved for me, but I guess that's an accurate description of what happens in real life to Plains families like this.
Recommended.
This is a story about a family reunion in a way that is reminiscent of Edward Albee without copying him at all. The entire Weston family is brought together by the death of the father and for two hours we are taken on a journey of pain, love and discovery.
Meryl Streep is, as always, remarkable, but the most impressive performance comes out of Julia Roberts who is forced across a line the rest of the family has already crossed. It is her who carries this film and as each horrifying family secret is revealed it is through Roberts that we feel the effect.
This is a brilliant play and has transferred to film just as brilliantly. Letts wrote the screenplay and it's clear he intends to tell of life in the south as he jpins the ranks of Tennesee Williams, Truman Capote, Mark Twain, William Styron and William Faulkner.
This is worth owning.
Meryl Streep is just wonderful in this movie as the mother (Violet) who has a pill popping problem. Her grown daughters have come home due to a death in the family. Two have moved out of state while the middle daughter stayed rather close by. You quickly see what the relationships are between mom and her daughters, the siblings to one another, as well as other family members. The dinner table scene is one of my favorites.
I found Juliette Lewis's character to be annoying but I think she tends to play annoying, silly characters at times. And Meryl Streep's granddaughter, I wanted to slap her face.
I don't want to give away too much about this movie so I'll just say I really enjoyed it. The ending left me wondering about Violet and what happens to her. What happens to Barbara? Ivy? Where do they all go from here?
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Fast zwei Stunden lang Krieg, jeder gegen jeden. So etwas kann nur in einer Familie passieren, aus der das Entrinnen wegen verwandtschaftlicher Bindungen letztlich unmöglich ist – obwohl zum Schluss alle außer der krebskranken Violet das Haus verlassen. Seltsam, gedreht wurde unter anderem in der Nähe der Stadt Pawhuska, in den Zwanzigerjahren des 20. Jahrhunderts einem der Zentren von Morden weißer Bürger an der indianischen Osage-Bevölkerung. Um einen Gegensatz zwischen weißer und indigener Mentalität geht es auch in diesem Film, und die weiße Chaosfamilie schneidet dabei katastrophal ab.
Patriarch Beverly Weston (Sam Shepard) hat eine indianische Haushälterin als Hilfe für seine Frau Violet (Meryl Streep) eingestellt, die als Kettenraucherin an Mundkrebs leidet. Dass Beverly die fremde, belastungsfähige junge Frau (Misty Upham als Johnna) ins Haus geholt hat, entsprang wohl dem letzten Rest von humanem Verhalten, das in dieser Familie möglich war – Beverly wird kurz darauf ertrunken im See gefunden, ein Selbstmord wird vermutet. Und zur Beerdigung kommen alle Töchter, Ehe- und Noch-Nicht-Ehemänner von Nah und Fern zusammen, womit der Krieg eröffnet ist. Auch für die Zuschauer wird es auf die Dauer schwer erträglich, was diese Leute unterm Deckmantel, die „Wahrheit“ zu sagen, einander antun, man geht wie mit verbalen Spitzhacken aufeinander los.
Ohne die Starbesetzung mit Meryl Streep als Violet und ihrer ebenso aggressiven Tochter Barbara (Julia Roberts) hätte der Film nicht funktionieren können. Meryl Streep holt alles aus sich heraus, was an List, Heimtücke, schrillen Verbalattacken und exzentrischer Körpersprache möglich ist. Julia Roberts hält als rücksichtslose Kämpferin dagegen, eine Figur wie aus Holz geschnitzt, starr, frustriert, zu Emotionen fähig nur im Hass. Einzig die Männer wagen mitunter einen Anflug von Menschlichkeit und mahnen zu mehr Respekt als familiärer Grundhaltung. Es nützt nichts, solche Haltepunkte werden sofort überspielt und vergessen. Als einzige Gegenfigur bleibt, freilich im Hintergrund, die Haushälterin Johnna, die eine traditionelle indianische Ruhe und Humanität einbringt. Für Misty Upham war es eine unscheinbare Nebenrolle, und man hätte sich einen größeren Einfluss ihrer Figur auf die Handlung gewünscht. Aber es entspricht der Aussage dieser familienkritischen Erzählung, dass Humanität nur noch als Schatten erscheint, obwohl sie zum Schluss die Bedeutung übernimmt: Johnna bleibt als einzige mit Violet zurück, nachdem alle anderen die Flucht ergriffen haben.
Die Blackfeet-Indigene Misty Upham hat danach noch ein, zwei Filme gedreht, aber womöglich war „August: Osage County“ ihr Schicksal. Der Streifen wurde unter anderem von Harvey Weinstein produziert, und es gibt Hinweise darauf, dass sie von einem Weinstein-Mitarbeiter vergewaltigt wurde. Sie starb im Oktober 2014 unter ungeklärten Umständen, nachdem die Polizei nach ihrem plötzlichen Verschwinden eine Personensuche verweigert hatte. Mitglieder ihrer indigenen Community fanden sie nach elf Tagen am Fuß einer Klippe in einem Wald, es wurden zwar tödliche Verletzungen bestätigt, aber nicht, woher sie kamen. War sie vom Felsen gefallen? Hatte sie sich umgebracht, weil sie nach Gewalterfahrungen seit ihrer Kindheit an Depressionen litt? War sie gestoßen worden? 2021 wurde vom Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program der Misty Upham Award zur Förderung junger indigener Schauspieler gegründet. Misty Upham wird als Anregung und Ermutigung bleiben. Nicht für Weiße.
It is a great film,touchning raw with brave perforomances.
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