August (1996)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Anthony Hopkins

Writers:

Anton Chekhov (play)
Julian Mitchell (writer)

Release Date:

19 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Wales | Drunk Scene | Midlife Crisis | Foreign Language Adaptation | Career

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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
Simon Treves	...	Quarryman
Myfanwy Talog	...	Church Woman
Beth Morris	...	Church Woman
Morgan Ritchie	...	Morgan Edwards
Terry Rowley	...	Tom
Dylan Thomas	...	Groom
Hywel Richards	...	Mr. Jenkins

Directed by
Anthony Hopkins

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anton Chekhov		play "Dyadya Vanya"
Julian Mitchell		writer

Produced by
Pippa Cross	....	producer
Janette Day	....	co-producer
Guy East	....	executive producer
Lars MacFarlane	....	associate producer
Craig McNeil	....	line producer
Steve Morrison	....	executive producer
June Wyndham-Davies	....	producer

Original Music by
Anthony Hopkins

Cinematography by
Robin Vidgeon

Film Editing by
Edward Mansell

Casting by
Carolyn Bartlett
Cheryl Nance

Production Design by
Eileen Diss

Art Direction by
Humphrey Bangham

Costume Design by
Dany Everett

Makeup Department
Ruth Quinn	....	hair stylist
Ruth Quinn	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Heckstall-Smith	....	assistant director
Emma Pounds	....	assistant director
Natasha Ross	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ken Marples	....	construction coordinator
Greg Mason	....	painter
Mark Rimmell	....	production buyer

Sound Department
John Bateman	....	adr mixer
Rudi Buckle	....	sound recordist
Felicity Cottrell	....	foley artist
Nainita Desai	....	dialogue editor
Mike Dowson	....	adr mixer
Colin Miller	....	sound editor
Lionel Selwyn	....	foley artist
John Whitworth	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Wyatt	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Burton	....	electrician
Wally Byatt	....	camera operator
Stuart Grant	....	best boy
John Harman	....	gaffer
Paul Hatchman	....	grip
Len Holt	....	electrician
Gifford Hooper	....	aerial camera operator
Denis Kingston	....	Steadicam operator
John Welsh	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Steve Hubbard	....	wardrobe master

Editorial Department
Jackie Ophir	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Mark Briscoe	....	music editor
Simon Chamberlain	....	orchestrator
George Fenton	....	conductor
George Fenton	....	orchestrator
Keith Grant	....	music recordist
Adrian Thomas	....	music associate
Mandy Williams	....	musician: harmonium

Other crew
Lucy Bryan	....	title designer
Stephanie Fauger	....	production coordinator
Roy Jackson	....	location manager
Graham Smith	....	unit publicist
Sue Wild	....	script supervisor
Martin Winfield	....	dog handler

Production Companies

• Granada Film Productions
• Majestic Films International
• Newcomm
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Distributors

• Líder Films (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Aquarius TV (2001) (Greece) (TV)
• Aquarius TV (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
• Evergreen Entertainment
• Highlight Film (Germany)
• Hollydan Works (2005) (Serbia and Montenegro) (all media)
• Manuel Salvador
• SF Video (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The
• Sociedad Kino Visión (Spain)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (1998) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  light equipment
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services

MPAA:

Rated PG for bloody images of a mining accident, thematic elements and some language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Spain:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

Company:

Granada Film Productions

Quotes:

Ieuan Davies: Scribble, scribble, scribble... Makes you feel sorry for the paper, doesn't it?

Movie Connections:

Version of "BBC Play of the Month: Uncle Vanya (#6.3)" (1970)

Soundtrack:

The Maiden's Prayer (La Priere d'une vierge)

Anthony Hopkins should stick to acting.

What a shame to see the excellent actor, Anthony Hopkins, make such an inept effort at directing. This movie is about a group of miserable Welsh gentry who have nothing better to do than make each other as unhappy as they know how. This is a sort of childish attempt to imitate "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe" with a larger cast. There is no character that seems like a real person (other than in an institution) and will bore most anyone to sleep. I watched to the end just to see if Hopkins would improve with experience. He didn't.