"August" The interviews.

**Jocasta** · 07-11-2008, 01:51 PM

Wired.com chatted on the phone with Hartnett, who's in New York recharging for a couple of weeks before moving to London to play the Tom Cruise role in a stage production of Rain Man, about the era of rock-star CEOs and dot-com flimflam.

Wired.com: This movie seems to encapsulate a whole generation of dot-com visionaries -- or were they con artists? -- who made and lost fortunes before the bubble burst in 2001. Did you model your character after people you observed at the time?

Josh Hartnett: I had a few people to draw on, but the role was so clearly written I didn't have to do any kind of impersonation. I do remember being in New York around that time when these upstart Silicon Alley dot-com chiefs in their mid-to-late 20s really acted like rock stars. They were out all night at all the right places, dating the right girls, living the dream.

Wired.com: And throwing insanely expensive launch parties.

Hartnett: Yeah, definitely. So I remember that and styled myself and took on the attitude of these people I saw who were very sharp and aggressive.

Wired.com: It's funny that in August (trailer embedded), it's never made clear what the hell Tom Sterling's company actually does.

Hartnett: That was a purposeful omission. What made this time period compelling for me is that it seemed like, from the stories I heard, the more obtuse your sales pitch was, the more likely people were to give you money. The less you said, the better. I love Tom's speeches in the film because if you really break it down, he's not saying much.

Wired.com: So here we are seven years later. The web is hot again and Hollywood is cooking up all kinds of internet ventures. Do you have anything in development for the web yourself?

Hartnett: I have no immediate plans, but there's going to be an awful lot of changes going on in our business. I just wonder what the future for the two-hour film is.

Source.

aloha · 07-11-2008, 02:06 PM

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it's never made clear what the hell Tom Sterling's company actually does.

that´s true, but I guess that´s the thing that keeps you so interested in teh movie, cause you follow the movie really good and try to find out what it could be about. good thing though

thanks for the interview

**Jocasta** · 07-11-2008, 02:18 PM

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That was a purposeful omission.

I love that and that people are going mad because they're not told.

aloha · 07-11-2008, 02:20 PM

hehe yeah. I was wondering if I missed something the first time I saw it. but then I read that most of the people who saw it had the same problem

**Jocasta** · 07-11-2008, 02:23 PM

A lot of people are so used to being spoon fed every plot line and turn that when something is left out for artist reasons or on the director's whim then they just can't cope... funny.

aloha · 07-11-2008, 02:32 PM

you know what? that´s the thing that makes me still interested in this movie, that you DON`T get to know. cause it keeps you interested even when you have watched it a few times already. cause you still keep trying to figure out what it could be about. I like that cause this movie keeps sticking in your mind after you watched it and you keep thinking about exactly that thing. I guess that´s a good thing, isn´t it?

**Jocasta** · 07-16-2008, 02:12 AM

In the mere decade he's been filling movie screens, 30-year-old actor Josh Hartnett has already worked in both mega-budget studio flicks ("Pearl Harbor," "Hollywood Homicide") and with auteurs like Sofia Coppola ("The Virgin Suicides"), Robert Rodriguez ("The Faculty," "Sin City") and Brian De Palma ("The Black Dahlia"). Maintaining his stance with one foot in Hollywood, the other currently leaning more heavily in Indiewood, Hartnett's latest — which he also co-produced — is a time warp back to New York during the summer of 2001. Only marginally a pre-9/11 film, director Austin Chick's "August" is an implosive study in hubris set against the backdrop of the dot-com economic meltdown. Hartnett plays Tom Sterling, a narcissistic millionaire CEO who is far more concerned with his materialistic rock star image than he is for Landshark, the sinking ship of a company that he began with his brother Joshua (Adam Scott). Hartnett chatted with me about the film, why he considers himself a gambler, and being intimidated by co-star David Bowie.

Read the rest here>>>> http://www.ifc.com/film/josh-hartnett-on-august

Soss · 07-16-2008, 02:51 AM

ooooooo! they have made him 30 already!!! hope his ok with that??

Thank's for posting this kate, interesting read while the kids are fighting to get in the bathroom thismornning....!

aloha · 07-16-2008, 03:38 AM

really interesting interview. great read. thanks

Italia6 · 07-16-2008, 05:45 AM

thanks for interwiev

**Jocasta** · 07-23-2008, 07:01 AM

Sorry, Op... I'm a big pain in the butt!

Tessa has uploaded the wireimage coverage of the premiere here...>>>http://joshhartnett.fanhost.com/News.html.
Check out the interview and press and lots of a other great stuff.

Thanks Tessa!

aloha · 07-23-2008, 07:14 AM

I´ve seen them a while ago, but on another side. nice videos

**Jocasta** · 07-23-2008, 07:29 AM

I posted the link because Tessa's is the official fanhost site.

Soss · 07-23-2008, 07:36 AM

Great videos thanks for posting kate, and Tessa xx

Hey, he said he would be here for 6 months??? That takes him right into the New Year!! WooHoo!!!
Happy Christmas me!!

aloha · 07-23-2008, 08:21 AM

or maybe he just can´t count. I assume he wants to be home for christmas though that the last play is on 20th december.

**Jocasta** · 07-23-2008, 08:50 AM

20th, 25th... let's not argue about 5 days. lol

aloha · 07-23-2008, 08:56 AM

maybe he counted July in it. wasn´t it that he once said that he hated math?

Soss · 07-23-2008, 08:58 AM

Expensive mistake if you are paying over £1000 a week!!

"I assume he wants to be home for christmas" How do you know this Kers? Have l missed something??

The fireworks here on new years eve are breath taking!!! Although l said l would not spend new year in town again as the travelling was a nightmare at the last!! He wont have to worry about that, he has his bike!!!

aloha · 07-23-2008, 09:03 AM

could be, but who knows. it was at the premiere, that was July, maybe he just added it.
i wonder he has to rent something himself, I thought and heard the production usually rents something for the actors.

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How do you know this Kers? Have l missed something??

I said I ASSUME, not that I know. but from all the news we got over the past years he was always home for christmas, even if it was just a few days. and wouldn´t you also rather spend christmas with your family instead of being far away?

07-11-2008, 01:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 19,093 My Profile	"August" The interviews. Wired.com chatted on the phone with Hartnett, who's in New York recharging for a couple of weeks before moving to London to play the Tom Cruise role in a stage production of Rain Man, about the era of rock-star CEOs and dot-com flimflam. Wired.com: This movie seems to encapsulate a whole generation of dot-com visionaries -- or were they con artists? -- who made and lost fortunes before the bubble burst in 2001. Did you model your character after people you observed at the time? Josh Hartnett: I had a few people to draw on, but the role was so clearly written I didn't have to do any kind of impersonation. I do remember being in New York around that time when these upstart Silicon Alley dot-com chiefs in their mid-to-late 20s really acted like rock stars. They were out all night at all the right places, dating the right girls, living the dream. Wired.com: And throwing insanely expensive launch parties. Hartnett: Yeah, definitely. So I remember that and styled myself and took on the attitude of these people I saw who were very sharp and aggressive. Wired.com: It's funny that in August (trailer embedded), it's never made clear what the hell Tom Sterling's company actually does. Hartnett: That was a purposeful omission. What made this time period compelling for me is that it seemed like, from the stories I heard, the more obtuse your sales pitch was, the more likely people were to give you money. The less you said, the better. I love Tom's speeches in the film because if you really break it down, he's not saying much. Wired.com: So here we are seven years later. The web is hot again and Hollywood is cooking up all kinds of internet ventures. Do you have anything in development for the web yourself? Hartnett: I have no immediate plans, but there's going to be an awful lot of changes going on in our business. I just wonder what the future for the two-hour film is. Source.

07-23-2008, 08:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
aloha Rain Man Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18,539 My Profile	or maybe he just can´t count. I assume he wants to be home for christmas though that the last play is on 20th december. Last edited by aloha; 07-23-2008 at 08:22 AM..

07-23-2008, 08:58 AM	#18 (permalink)
Soss Slevin Heaven ;-) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,516 My Profile	Expensive mistake if you are paying over £1000 a week!! "I assume he wants to be home for christmas" How do you know this Kers? Have l missed something?? The fireworks here on new years eve are breath taking!!! Although l said l would not spend new year in town again as the travelling was a nightmare at the last!! He wont have to worry about that, he has his bike!!! Last edited by Soss; 07-23-2008 at 09:02 AM..

07-11-2008, 02:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
aloha Rain Man Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18,539 My Profile	hehe yeah. I was wondering if I missed something the first time I saw it. but then I read that most of the people who saw it had the same problem

07-11-2008, 02:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 19,093 My Profile	A lot of people are so used to being spoon fed every plot line and turn that when something is left out for artist reasons or on the director's whim then they just can't cope... funny.

07-11-2008, 02:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
aloha Rain Man Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18,539 My Profile	you know what? that´s the thing that makes me still interested in this movie, that you DON`T get to know. cause it keeps you interested even when you have watched it a few times already. cause you still keep trying to figure out what it could be about. I like that cause this movie keeps sticking in your mind after you watched it and you keep thinking about exactly that thing. I guess that´s a good thing, isn´t it?

07-16-2008, 02:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 19,093 My Profile	In the mere decade he's been filling movie screens, 30-year-old actor Josh Hartnett has already worked in both mega-budget studio flicks ("Pearl Harbor," "Hollywood Homicide") and with auteurs like Sofia Coppola ("The Virgin Suicides"), Robert Rodriguez ("The Faculty," "Sin City") and Brian De Palma ("The Black Dahlia"). Maintaining his stance with one foot in Hollywood, the other currently leaning more heavily in Indiewood, Hartnett's latest — which he also co-produced — is a time warp back to New York during the summer of 2001. Only marginally a pre-9/11 film, director Austin Chick's "August" is an implosive study in hubris set against the backdrop of the dot-com economic meltdown. Hartnett plays Tom Sterling, a narcissistic millionaire CEO who is far more concerned with his materialistic rock star image than he is for Landshark, the sinking ship of a company that he began with his brother Joshua (Adam Scott). Hartnett chatted with me about the film, why he considers himself a gambler, and being intimidated by co-star David Bowie. Read the rest here>>>> http://www.ifc.com/film/josh-hartnett-on-august

07-16-2008, 02:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
Soss Slevin Heaven ;-) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,516 My Profile	ooooooo! they have made him 30 already!!! hope his ok with that?? Thank's for posting this kate, interesting read while the kids are fighting to get in the bathroom thismornning....!

07-16-2008, 03:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
aloha Rain Man Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18,539 My Profile	really interesting interview. great read. thanks

07-16-2008, 05:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
Italia6 sweet joshy dream Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,644 My Profile	thanks for interwiev

07-23-2008, 07:01 AM	#11 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 19,093 My Profile	Sorry, Op... I'm a big pain in the butt! Tessa has uploaded the wireimage coverage of the premiere here...>>>http://joshhartnett.fanhost.com/News.html. Check out the interview and press and lots of a other great stuff. Thanks Tessa!

07-23-2008, 07:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
aloha Rain Man Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18,539 My Profile	I´ve seen them a while ago, but on another side. nice videos

07-23-2008, 07:29 AM	#13 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 19,093 My Profile	I posted the link because Tessa's is the official fanhost site.

07-23-2008, 07:36 AM	#14 (permalink)
Soss Slevin Heaven ;-) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,516 My Profile	Great videos thanks for posting kate, and Tessa xx Hey, he said he would be here for 6 months??? That takes him right into the New Year!! WooHoo!!! Happy Christmas me!!

07-23-2008, 08:50 AM	#16 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 19,093 My Profile	20th, 25th... let's not argue about 5 days. lol

07-23-2008, 08:56 AM	#17 (permalink)
aloha Rain Man Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18,539 My Profile	maybe he counted July in it. wasn´t it that he once said that he hated math?