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August is a american film of genre Drama directed by Austin Chick released in USA on 16 may 2008 with Josh Hartnett
August (2008)
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Add to a movie listAugust is a 2008 American drama film directed by Austin Chick and presented by 57th & Irving. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market begins to collapse in August 2001, one month prior to the 9/11 attacks.
The film premiered as an official selection of the Spectrum section at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Synopsis
Tom and Joshua Sterling are two brothers, whose Internet start-up, Landshark, is as hot as a New York City summer – only this is the summer of 2001, their company is in lock up, its stock price is plunging and, in a few weeks, the world will change forever.Actors
Josh Hartnett
(Tom Sterling)
Naomie Harris
(Sarrah)
David Bowie
(Cyrus Ogilvie)
Rip Torn
(David Sterling)
Adam Scott
(Joshua Sterling)
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