{"product_id":"manchester-by-the-sea-a-screenplay-9781468316612","title":"Manchester by the Sea: A Screenplay","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Academy Award-winning screenplay of \"a drama of surpassing beauty\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kenneth Lonergan's Academy Award and BAFTA-winning screenplay for the acclaimed film \u003ci\u003eManchester by the Sea \u003c\/i\u003eis a staggering achievement and an emotionally devastating meditation on grief. \u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eManchester by the Sea \u003c\/i\u003e\"illuminates with quiet, unyielding grace how you and I and our neighbors get by, and sometimes how we don't\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e Rounding out the volume is a trenchant and incisive introduction by Kenneth Lonergan on writing for film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Overlook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781468316612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144","brand":"Kenneth Lonergan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38606737047733,"sku":"9781468316612","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4ebea8eb-86ea-49d6-ad0c-743a91a0d54a.jpg?v=1614086160","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/manchester-by-the-sea-a-screenplay-9781468316612","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}