Billy Squier’s hard-rocking single, “The Stroke,” is a featured player in The Weinstein Company’s AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, finding a home on-screen as well as on the movie’s soundtrack.
The film, based on Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, follows the personal trials of the extended Weston family as they reconvene in their Oklahoma home and features an ensemble cast that includes Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, and Dermot Mulroney. It is nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Streep) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Roberts).