“August”, the latest film by director Austin Chick, tells the tale of two New York City brothers who are struggling to keep their sinking Internet company Landshark from sleeping with the fishes.
The film is another take on the “dot.com boom” and burst of the late nineties when publicly traded technology startups rose and plummeted in value within a matter of months.
Joshua Sterling, played by Adam Scott, attempts to be the center of logic in the duo, while Tom (Josh Hartnett) blows his newfound wealth on sports cars
Scott is currently shooting the comedy “Step Brothers”, co-starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly for director Adam McKay and producer Judd Apatow. The film focuses on three spoiled guys who become stepbrothers after their single parents get hitched.
Adam Scott in "August"
In addition, Scott stars in the highly anticipated HBO series “Tell Me You Love Me” which features an ensemble cast and premieres in September.
Scott also recently appeared in the blockbuster comedy “Knocked Up”, directed by Judd Apatow. He will soon be seen in “The Great Buck Howard” opposite John Malkovich.
This previous year, Scott appeared in the dramatic thriller “First Snow”, directed by Marc Fergus and co-starred Guy Pearce, the dark comedy “Corporate Affairs” for director Dan Cohen, and the romantic comedy “Who Love the Son” starring with Lukas Haas and Molly Parker for director Matthew Bissonette.
Scott took a few minutes to talk to M&C about playing the role of Joshua Sterling in “August”.
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There were these guys who were just real characters; flagrant some would say. So Joshua is more of a straight-and-narrow kind of guy who is just trying to keep the business afloat while his brother is being a little too ambitious.
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As far as research goes, I already had an idea about the kind of character Joshua would be. There are some great documentaries to watch about the era…”Startup.com” and there’s another one about a company who tried to join up with Starbucks to offer movies. There’s a lot of material out there about these companies who had hundreds of millions of dollars and aren’t around anymore. It’s not a subject that is explored very often.
Josh Hartnett, Adam Scott, Austin Chick. Photo date: 9 July 2008 Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris - © WireImage.com
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David Bowie, Josh Hartnett in August. Photo date: 27 May 2008
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“August” opens in limited release today, Friday, July 11th. Visit the movie database for more information.
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