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August (2008)
description written by member Zara:
Tom (Josh Hartnett) and his brother (Adam Scott) know they're swimming with the sharks with their startup dot-com. But as they toil to keep the business afloat, the tech market collapses in August 2001, confounding their work and challenging their ideals. Naomie Harris, Rip Torn and David Bowie co-star in this thought-provoking drama.
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August Movie Review by Zara  (9/16/2008) |
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This movie rides on a lot of internet dot com stuff that will go over most people's heads. Luckily, it also rides on the very strong performance by Josh Hartnett. Convincingly arrogant at times and reluctantly abiding at others (if only for the sake of the most important person in the world to him other than himself - his...
(complete August review by Zara)
| August Movie Review by Jarrod (7/15/2008) |
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'August' is set in August 2001, a month before 9/11, and a year after the hysteria over Y2K, which was supposedly a signal of the apocalypse for some; the arrival of a new century (and new millennium) triggered insane responses in people, who worried about technological failures, economic crashes, and a host of other...
(complete August review by Jarrod)
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