Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin, Dermot Mulroney, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Sam Shepard Directed by: John Wells Screenplay by: Tracy Letts Based on the play by Tracy Letts Let me begin by stating that there really isn't much better casting than this. If you want to see a movie that has great acting performances across the board, you won't want to miss August: Osage County. The Weston family is a very divided family. Everybody lives in different parts of the country, and they all have different views of the world. A crisis has occurred. The patriarch of the family, Beverly Weston (Sam Shepard) has passed away. Just before his death, he hires a housekeeper to take care of his wife, Violet (Meryl Streep) who has mouth cancer, and a prescription drug abuse problem. Violet is often quite irrational and difficult to be around. You...