The death and funeral of their father brings three sisters to the home of their mother, Violet (Meryl Streep), an acid-tongued, pill-popping cancer patient. Daughters Barbara (Julia Roberts), Karen (Juliette Lewis) and Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) -- along with their significant others and various other kin -- take the full brunt of their dysfunctional matriarch's venom, for Violet tells every one of them exactly what she thinks of them. Based on the play by Tracy Letts.August: Osage County / Film synopsis

After the family patriarch disappears, the Weston clan gathers in the family home in Oklahoma, where some hard truths and shocking secrets are shared. Watch all you want. Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts received Oscar and Golden Globe nods for their roles as a mother and daughter at odds.

August: Osage County is rated R by the MPAA for language including sexual references, and for drug material.

August: Osage County is about morally flawed, sometimes cruel, and often unlikable women. And that's what makes August: Osage County good. As a character-driven drama, the film is largely uneventful and dragging, though the familial complications continue to intensify.

August: Osage County is fundamentally a story about the inheritance of trauma. As the extended Weston clan comes together under one roof for the first time in years after the death of their patriarch, Beverly, the relationships most keenly tested are those between parents and children.

She decides to never tell Little Charles and leaves for New York without him. The play ends with one last nasty confrontation between Barbara and Violet. Violet blames Barbara for Beverly's suicide. Having finally had enough, Barbara realizes her mother is beyond help and leaves.

The story of August: Osage County came from his own experience, Letts says. In fact, his actor father, Dennis Letts, played the role of the grandfather on stage.

Pawhuska, Oklahoma The action takes place over the course of several weeks in August inside the three-story home of Beverly and Violet Weston outside Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

Killers of the Flower Moon Killers of the Flower Moon was expected to begin production in February 2021 in Oklahoma. Principal photography ultimately began on April 19, 2021, with filming taking place in Osage County and Washington County, namely Pawhuska, Fairfax and Bartlesville.

But its the story of her dysfunctional family that was Tracy Letts' inspiration for "August: Osage County,"starting with the death of her father. "The woman who plays the mother is based on my mother. And Barbara, the older sister who takes over, is based on me," she said.

The play August: Osage County (2007), written by Tracy Letts, reflects Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

Violet Weston (Rebecca Koon), his wife of many decades, is equally addicted to pills - which she strategically hides throughout the house - and to finding new and enhanced ways to make her children feel guilt and shame.

In a private moment, it is revealed that Ivy's lover is actually Little Charles, her first cousin. Dinner is served, and Violet begins insulting and needling all of her family members.

Whether or not she winds up kicking her dependency on drugs is left unresolved; by the end of the play, though, it is clear that Violet has either reverted to old habits or been left so confused and brain-damaged by her years of drug abuse that she is unable to make heads or tails of her surroundings.

Ultimately, none of the original actors appear in the movie. Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney remain great friends since My Best Friend's Wedding (1997). Roberts was the first person Mulroney called when he got this part, the actor told that they both yelled on the phone like little girls.

Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri Ozark's location was inspired by Missouri's real-life Alhonna Resort, where the show's creator, Bill Dubuque, worked as a dock-hand in the 1980s. The film crew studied the resort and then recreated it on sets in Georgia.