August (film)

August
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by	Austin Chick
Produced by	Charlie Corwin David Guy Levy
Written by	Howard A. Rodman
Starring	Josh Hartnett Naomie Harris Rip Torn Adam Scott Robin Tunney Zoe Kazan David Bowie Andre Royo Alan Cox Laila Robins
Cinematography	Andrij Parekh
Editing by	Pete Beaudreau
Release date(s)	11 July 2008 (US, 1 theater)
Running time	88 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$12,636 (1 theater)

August is a 2008 drama film directed by Austin Chick and produced 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 debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

1 Cast
2 Critical reception
3 References
4 External links

Cast

Josh Hartnett as Tom Sterling, who runs LandShark, the dot-com company^[1]
Adam Scott as Tom's brother Josh, who developed much of LandShark's products
Naomie Harris as Sarah
Rip Torn as David
Robin Tunney as Melanie
David Bowie as Ogilvie
Emmanuelle Chriqui as Morella

Critical reception

As of October 13, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 35% of critics rated the film positively based on 23 reviews, with a consensus that "Josh Hartnett puts in a well-intentioned performance but overall, August only superficially explores its dotcom-burst setting."^[2] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 39 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating a generally negative response.^[3]