August (1996 film)
August is a 1996 British drama film directed by and starring Anthony Hopkins as Ieuan (IPA:j/əɨ/a/n) Davies, and featuring Rhys Ifans in a small role in one of his earliest films, as Griffiths. It is an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's 1899 play Uncle Vanya, with the character Ieuan Davies taking over the title role. The film was Hopkins's first feature film with a full cast (he had previously directed the one-man-performance of Dylan Thomas: Return Journey in 1990). It would be over a decade before his next directorial effort, Slipstream in 2007, which he also wrote and for which he also composed the score. During an interview on the podcast, The Ghost of Hollywood, cinematographer, Robin Vidgeon, stated that working with Anthony Hopkins on August was the highlight of his career. Cast Anthony Hopkins as Ieuan Davies Leslie Phillips as Prof. Alexander Blathwaite Kate Burton as Helen Blathwaite Gawn Grainger as Dr. Michael Lloyd Rhian Morgan as Sian Blathwaite Menna Trussler as Gwen Rhoda Lewis as Mair Davies Hugh Lloyd as Thomas Prosser Huw Garmon as Dafydd Edwards Rhys Ifans as Griffiths Susan Ellen Flynn as Rhianon Buddug Morgan as Nesta Adaptation and issues The film adapts Uncle Vanya to