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"Remember when Yahoo! went public and their stock price eclipsed $200 per share? The fast-money frenzy swept up investors and computer nerds alike, transforming the internet into a new-age gold rush where fame and fortune was to be found for hard workers. However, for many talented go-getters, the party did not last long. In August, director Austin Chick rewinds the clocks to late summer 2001 when Ben Affleck entered rehab, Aaliyah died, and the young upstart internet companies who were millionare-hot in January cooled off in a big way. Tom Sterling (Josh Hartnett, in his best grown-up performances) is a cocky young dotcom entrepreneur and CEO of LandShark. His brother and co-founder Joshua (Adam Scott) is the programming genius behind the company, but Tom is LandShark's mouth and a very knowledgable one at that. Chick sticks with Tom in nearly every scene and fully captures his swagger and way with words, none better than in the first example of Tom at work. With stock prices ... "
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"Directed by Austin Chick. Starring Robin Tunney, Rip Torn, Josh Hartnett, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Adam Scott, Andre Royo, Naomie Harris. August is like an inverted Langston Hughes poem in movie form. Instead of struggling for the deferred dream, Tom Sterling (Josh Hartnett) is fighting to keep alive a dream that was brought into the world too soon. Unfortunately, his own hubris may get in the way of his goal. Sterling is the CEO of Landshark, an e-commerce company that does… well… OK, I’m not sure what the company does. But neither do several of the characters in the movie. Sterling launched the company with his brother Josh (Adam Scott) just as the warning signs of the dot.com bubble's impending burst are becoming clear. He’s hailed as a genius and the company’s stock rises as several competitors are cras "
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August: A 1.0 movie in a 2.0 world
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"Being in the wrong place at the wrong time is the basic premise for many tales of woe. Shakespeare’s tragedies are largely built around the idea that a particular character overheard a snippet of a conversation at an inopportune time or had the misfortune to be arriving at the tail end of an epic age, one that they’re unable to sustain on their own weakened shoulders. Likewise, it’s always disappointing - albeit sometimes hugely entertaining - to watch the ego-besotten fall, victims of their own hubris. Take for instance the recent severe contraction of the independent film distribution market and the announced feature film, said "
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