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Misery loves family - August: Osage County
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Title: August: Osage County

Release Date: 26 Dec 2013

Runtime: 2h 1m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Jean Doumanian Productions, Smoke House Pictures, Battle Mountain Films, Yucaipa Films, The Weinstein Company

Production Companies: Jean Doumanian Productions, Smoke House Pictures, Battle Mountain Films, Yucaipa Films, The Weinstein Company

Overview: An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (1488 votes)

Cast

  • Barbara Weston: Julia Roberts
  • Violet Weston: Meryl Streep
  • Ivy Weston: Julianne Nicholson
  • Karen Weston: Juliette Lewis
  • Bill Fordham: Ewan McGregor
  • Mattie Fae Aiken: Margo Martindale
  • Jean Fordham: Abigail Breslin
  • Charlie Aiken: Chris Cooper
  • Steve Huberbrecht: Dermot Mulroney
  • Little Charles Aiken: Benedict Cumberbatch
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