August
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Kate Burton
Leslie Phillips
Dawn Grainger
Rhian Morgan
Film Details
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Synopsis
It is a sultry August in the last decade of the 19th century, and the Davies household has visitors--the querulous old tyrant Professor Alexander Blathwaite, absentee owner of the estate and his second wife, the much younger, American-born Helen. They impose their London ways and thoughts on the more rurally-based family, which consists of Ieuan, the middle-aged brother of Blathwaite's first wife, the professor's plain daughter Sian and her grandmother, Ieuan's mother, Mair Davies. Ieuan, who has managed the estate for many years for little reward, has fallen passionately in love with Helen, but his passion is, as yet, unrequited. Sian, his niece, is also secretly in love, with Dr. Michael Lloyd, an idealistic conservationist who is growing increasingly disillusioned with country life. In a series of tragi-comic episodes, the ordered Victorian calm of the Blathwaite household begins to disintegrate over one pivotal weekend.
Director
Anthony Hopkins
Cast
Anthony Hopkins
Kate Burton
Leslie Phillips
Dawn Grainger
Rhian Morgan
Hugh Lloyd
Rhoda Lewis
Menna Trussler
Crew
Humphrey Bangham
Carolyn Bartlett
Rudi Buckle
Wally Byatt
Anton Chekhov
Pippa Cross
Janette Day
Eileen Diss
Guy East
Danny Everett
Nick Heckstall-smith
Anthony Hopkins
Lars Macfarlane
Edward Mansell
Craig Mcneil
Julian Mitchell
Julian Mitchell
Steve Morrison
Cheryl Nance
Emma Pounds
Graham Smith
Robin Vidgeon
June Wyndham-davies
Film Details
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Released in United States 1995 (American Film Market (AFM))
Released in United States 1995 (Market)
Released in United States Spring April 19, 1996
Released in United States on Video September 10, 1996
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States on Video September 10, 1996
Released in United States Spring April 19, 1996
Feature directorial debut for actor Anthony Hopkins.
Began shooting July 18, 1994.
Completed shooting August 30, 1994.
Anton Chekhov's play "Uncle Vanya" has been adapted to film at least three previous times: (USA/1958), directed by Franchot Tone and John Goetz; (Great Britain/1963); and (USSR/1971), directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.
