{"product_id":"manchester-by-the-sea-a-screenplay","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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n 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\n Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman in \nBoston. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his \nhometown, Manchester-by-the-Sea, the fishing village where his \nworking-class family has lived for generations. His brother’s heart has \ngiven out suddenly, and he’s been named guardian to his riotous \n16-year-old nephew. His return re-opens an unspeakable tragedy, as he is\n forced to confront a past that separated him from his wife, Randi, and \nthe community where he was born and raised. A sweeping story of loss and\n 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\n Rounding out the volume is a trenchant and incisive introduction by Kenneth Lonergan on writing for film.","brand":"Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249035694424,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781468316612_ca489cd1-6a9a-402f-998b-0bb4ef9ca40b.jpg?v=1778643933","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/manchester-by-the-sea-a-screenplay","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}