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August: Osage County

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 only have to watch the first few minutes of the film to know