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Brought in Lonergan to write the script
- Manchester By the Sea stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Kyle Chandler. Damon said he initially developed the project as an uncle/nephew story with actor Jon Krasinski, then brought in Lonergan to write the script.
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Jan 9, 2017 · Actor and film-maker John Krasinski (best known as Jim in the The Office’s US version) and his friend Matt Damon came up with the germ of the idea for Manchester by the Sea and went to...
Oct 31, 2016 · Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan’s film that got raves at Sundance and seems destined for future awards consideration, might seem to come from a place of sincere personal and emotional...
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Matt Damon and John Krasinski brainstormed a film about an "emotionally crippled" handyman, and took the idea to Lonergan for his input, thinking Krasinski would star and Damon would direct. Damon had worked with Lonergan on the 2011 film Margaret.
How Matt Damon Convinced Kenneth Lonergan to Direct ‘Manchester by the Sea’ (Exclusive Video) “It had come to be my own, in my mind anyway,” writer-director Lonergan tells TheWrap
Oct 31, 2016 · Matt Damon, who plays a geometry teacher in “Margaret,” is among those friends who sought to remedy Lonergan’s despair—in Damon’s case, by getting Lonergan to write “Manchester by the...
Nov 18, 2016 · The idea for Manchester by the Sea began when Matt Damon and John Krasinski approached Lonergan to write the film following the tumultuous experience of his second feature, Margaret....
Nov 24, 2016 · Lonergan didn’t merely end up writing the screenplay for Manchester by the Sea, he also ended up directing it — his first time behind the camera in the decade since filming Margaret.
