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August (2008)

August poster
Directed by
Austin Chick
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 65 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers run a struggling internet company in August 2001. They fight to save their business as the stock market crashes.

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What happens

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. The film did poorly among film critics and received generally poor reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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