Manchester by the Sea : A Screenplay
Overview
Kenneth Lonergan's Academy Award and BAFTA-winning screenplay for the acclaimed film Manchester by the Sea is a staggering achievement, an emotionally devastating meditation on grief and "a drama of surpassing beauty" (Wall Street Journal). Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman in Boston. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his hometown, Manchester-by-the-Sea, the fishing village where his working-class family has lived for generations. His brother's heart has given out suddenly, and he's been named guardian to his riotous 16-year-old nephew. His return re-opens an unspeakable tragedy, as he is forced to confront a past that separated him from his wife, Randi, and the community where he was born and raised. A sweeping story of loss and new beginnings, Manchester by the Sea "illuminates with quiet, unyielding grace how you and I and our neighbors get by, and sometimes how we don't" (Boston Globe).
Rounding out the volume is a trenchant and incisive introduction by Kenneth Lonergan on writing for film.
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- ISBN-13: 9781468316612
- ISBN-10: 1468316613
- Publisher: Overlook Press
- Publish Date: March 2021
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.44 pounds
- Page Count: 144
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