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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#8
Posted: 5/3/13 at 2:00pm

Yeah, there was a preview screening that got very good buzz a couple of months ago.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#9
Posted: 5/3/13 at 2:02pm

This is the one I read. It's from a Meryl Streep fansite, but I didn't feel like that colored the opinion drastically.
August early screening report

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#10
Posted: 5/3/13 at 2:02pm

Someone posted about it here. There was a good sized thread about it on the Off-Topic board, if I remember correctly.

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#11
Posted: 5/3/13 at 2:03pm

Here's The Thread

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#12
Posted: 5/3/13 at 2:03pm

Alright gang! Time to play a rousing game of YAY, SNOOZE, or WTF!

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#13
Posted: 5/3/13 at 2:05pm

You want any word? Here you go:

Plegm.

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#14
Posted: 5/3/13 at 2:07pm

I like the poster. I have high hopes for this film. This film could potentially put Streep in frontrunner status for her 4th academy award. Julia Robers will probably also get a nomination in lead or supporting if the delivers.

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#15
Posted: 5/3/13 at 2:09pm

There was a large debate at Gold Derby - a site that discusses all of the major industry awards - about whether the reports from the early screening can be trusted or not, i.e. members of the studio, overly enthusiastic fans of Meryl Streep, etc. Regardless, all of the reviews they posted were pretty positive.

I hadn't seen the poster prior to today, but I think it's great!

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#16
Posted: 5/3/13 at 4:48pm

LOVE that poster!

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#17
Posted: 5/4/13 at 10:36am

Yep. This is going to be a disaster. As if Julia Roberts could even hold one candle in the wind to match Amy Morton's stage performance. Let alone Meryl Streep try to even be compared to Deanna Dunagan. This will be forgotten and swept under the rug before you can even say "Jekyll and Hyde". At least we'll be able to see Julia and her horseteeth braying in a representational and "dramatic" performance that can only elicit laughs when they are not meant to be.

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#18
Posted: 5/4/13 at 10:41am

Oh, is that your "official" take on something you haven't seen yet?

Moron.

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#19
Posted: 5/4/13 at 10:49am

But those women didn't get the movie roles. The reason doesn't matter. Stage acting and film acting are not synonymous.

I can never understand the vehemence towards highly respected actors. I get that you might not personally like someone's work, but why do people think that everyone else (those casting, those directing, those buying tickets, etc) is outright WRONG.

May we be struck down with no talents like Streep and Roberts for a long time to come.

Do I think they are the ONLY actresses that can do most of the movie roles they get? No, but I usually enjoy and respect their work.

I actually have high hopes for the film. MIGHT it prove to be a dog? Sure. But it might be wonderful. I'll keep an open mind.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#20
Posted: 5/4/13 at 12:32pm

I won't even engage. Needless to say, this is the movie I'm most excited about this year and I think the cast is absolutely perfect.

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#21
Posted: 5/4/13 at 1:29pm

Benedict Cumberbatch as Little Charlie, that I'm excited to see

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#22
Posted: 5/4/13 at 1:33pm

I'm excited to see the finished product too, but does anyone else feel this poster is a cute wacky image (in sunny sunshine yellow) that suggests a feel-good comedy? Even the tagline sounds like a cue for a Steve Carell giggle-fest, no?

Updated On: 5/4/13 at 01:33 PM

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#23
Posted: 5/4/13 at 4:40pm

It IS a comedy, just a very dark comedy. I know I feel better about MY life after viewing it!

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Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?#24
Posted: 5/4/13 at 5:40pm

The poster's color scheme is actually very much faithful to the original artwork of the show:
Any Word on the AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Film?