| Three Days in August | |
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| Directed by | Johnathan Brownlee |
| Screenplay by | Chad Berry Johnathan Brownlee David Langlinais |
| Story by | Chad Berry David Langlinais |
| Produced by | Jeff Berlin Chad Berry Johnathan Brownlee Adam Donaghey John Forte David Kiger Shannon Kincaid Allen Stringer Kincaid Stringer James Tumminia |
| Starring | Barry Bostwick Meg Foster Mariette Hartley Edward James Hyland Mollie Milligan Stephen Snedden Colton Tapp Luis Albert Acevedo Jr. Cal Bartlett |
| Cinematography | Bongani Mlambo |
| Edited by | Logan Hefflefinger Sai Selvarajan |
| Music by | Brian Flores John Hunter |
Production companies | Sionna Productions Torfoot Films Ubiquimedia Zero Trans Fat Productions |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Three Days in August is a 2016 American drama directed byJohnathan 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]
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.
The screenplay forThree 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 inVariety in October 2015, withBarry Bostwick,Mariette Hartley, Ed Hyland, Mollie Milligan,Meg Foster, Cal Bartlett andColton Tapp attached to star and Johnathan Brownlee to direct and produce.[5]
Filming took place in October 2015 inMineral Wells, Texas.[6]
Three Days in August premiered at theDallas International Film Festival in April 2016[7] and had its international premiere at theMontreal World Film Festival in August 2016.[8] The film had a limited national theatrical release through the Dallas-basedStudio Movie Grill chain in December 2016.[9]