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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)

August
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Released in USA 16 may 2008
Length 1h28
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating53% 2.6512252.6512252.6512252.6512252.651225

August 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.

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