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Release Date:
19 April 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
You can live a whole lifetime in a single weekend....Plot:
Chekovs Uncle Vanya, transposed to turn-of-the-century North Wales, where the peace and tranquillity... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Bravo!! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Ieuan Davies |
 | Leslie Phillips | ... | Professor Alexander Blathwaite |
| Kate Burton | ... | Helen Blathwaite |
| Gawn Grainger | ... | Dr. Michael Lloyd |
| Rhian Morgan | ... | Sian Blathwaite |
| Menna Trussler | ... | Gwen |
| Rhoda Lewis | ... | Mair Davies |
| Hugh Lloyd | ... | Thomas Prosser |
| Huw Garmon | ... | Dafydd Edwards |
 | Rhys Ifans | ... | Griffiths |
| Susan Ellen Flynn | ... | Rhianon |
| Buddug Morgan | ... | Nesta |
| Victoria Pugh | ... | Housemaid |
| Ioan Meredith | ... | Quarry Foreman |
| Jâms Thomas | ... | Quarryman |
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Rated PG for bloody images of a mining accident, thematic elements and some language.Parents Guide:
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94 minLanguage:
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Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Spain:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Iceland:12Filming Locations:
Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UKFun Stuff
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Ieuan Davies: Scribble, scribble, scribble... Makes you feel sorry for the paper, doesn't it? moreSoundtrack:
The Maiden's Prayer (La Priere d'une vierge) moreFAQ
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Having seen A Country Life, another film based on Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, I have to say I preferred August. While both of them have taken the story to another setting and another time, I was swayed by the compelling performance of Anthony Hopkins (and perhaps his direction, too). Kate Burton was beautiful and enigmatic, and I couldn't help but see glimpses of her famous father slipping through, after just viewing Becket the night before. August had all the elements of Chekhovian drama: unfulfilled dreams, boredom, longing for an elusive future. The entire cast was magnificent, and Hopkins was amazing as usual. He brought so much to the role -the finest actor today!