Three Days in August

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Three Days in August
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Directed byJohnathan Brownlee
Screenplay byChad Berry
Johnathan Brownlee
David Langlinais
Story byChad Berry
David Langlinais
Produced byJeff Berlin
Chad Berry
Johnathan Brownlee
Adam Donaghey
John Forte
David Kiger
Shannon Kincaid
Allen Stringer
Kincaid Stringer
James Tumminia
StarringLuis Albert Acevedo Jr.
Cal Bartlett
Barry Bostwick
Meg Foster
Mariette Hartley
Edward James Hyland
Mollie Milligan
Stephen Snedden
Colton Tapp
CinematographyBongani Mlambo
Edited byLogan Hefflefinger
Sai Selvarajan
Music byBrian Flores
John Hunter
Production
companies
Sionna Productions
Torfoot Films
Ubiquimedia
Zero Trans Fat Productions
Release date
  • December 2, 2016 (2016-12-02)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Three Days in August is a 2016 American drama directed by Johnathan Brownlee. The film is based on a true story written by Chad Berry and David Langlinais. The screenplay was written by Berry, Brownlee and Langlinais. [1] [2]

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Synopsis

The story centers on an adopted Irish-American artist's search for her birth mother, and the family dynamics when she secretly invites both sets of parents for a surprise reunion so she can paint a family portrait.

The film is inspired by the true story of Texas painter Shannon Kincaid, [3] an adopted Irish-American artist who was given away at birth by a 16-year-old mother.

Cast

Development

The screenplay for Three Days in August was the winning entry in a screenwriting competition sponsored by the Dallas Film Society in 2015. The competition, entitled The Sionna Project, [4] drew 200 submissions from 26 countries.

Three Days in August was announced in Variety in October 2015, with Barry Bostwick, Mariette Hartley, Ed Hyland, Mollie Milligan, Meg Foster, Cal Bartlett and Colton Tapp attached to star and Johnathan Brownlee to direct and produce. [5]

Location

Filming took place in October 2015 in Mineral Wells, Texas. [6]

Release

Three Days in August premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival in April 2016 [7] and had its international premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival in August 2016. [8] The film had a limited national theatrical release through the Dallas-based Studio Movie Grill chain in December 2016. [9]

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