Manchester by the Sea
Short description
Lee Chandler works as a handyman in Boston, living alone and keeping to himself. When his older brother Joe dies, Lee learns that he has been named guardian of Joe's teenage son Patrick. Reluctantly, he returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea, the coastal Massachusetts town where he grew up, to look after the boy and arrange the funeral. Being back in his hometown confronts him with a painful past that drove him away from his wife Randi and from the community he once belonged to.
Kenneth Lonergan directed and wrote the film, his third feature after You Can Count on Me (2000) and Margaret (2011). Casey Affleck plays Lee, with Lucas Hedges as Patrick, Michelle Williams as Randi and Kyle Chandler as Joe. Matt Damon, Chris Moore and Gigi Pritzker produced.
The film was released in November 2016 and runs 138 minutes. Made for about 9 million dollars, it earned roughly 79 million worldwide, a strong return for a drama of its scale. On IMDb it holds 7.8/10 from around 354,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.5/10 from about 6,580 votes. A critics' rating of 8.9/10 from 356 reviews places it notably higher than those audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Casey Affleck unexpectedly burst into tears during the filming of a scene in the morgue, which surprised everyone. Tears were not written into the script, but director and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan decided to leave that take in the film.
- Kenneth Lonergan included one incident involving his own daughter in the storyline. Once she lost something, he got angry and shouted, and a passerby casually remarked to him: "You can tell – a great father." Lonergan yelled something back in response. In this film, Lonergan himself played an episodic role as a man who reproaches.
- In 2014, the film's script was on the list of the best unrealized projects of the year.
- A delay until spring with the burial of the deceased sometimes occurs in reality, and it all depends on the cemetery. Most cemeteries dig graves with excavators, but at some cemeteries (older ones) their use is prohibited, and gravediggers have to wait for the ground to thaw before digging graves by hand.
- The film featured actual members of the Manchester fire department and ambulance service. They also served as consultants and helped the filmmakers correct some inaccuracies regarding their professional actions.
- Initially, Matt Damon was supposed to play the main role, having previously worked with Lonergan on his second film, "Margaret" (2011).
- The scene following the fire scene was decided to be filmed immediately, and the shooting lasted from midnight to the middle of the next day.
- Filming for the movie took place on the north shore of Massachusetts in Manchester, Beverly, Salem, and Gloucester. The full name of the town of Manchester is Manchester-by-the-Sea, which translates to 'Manchester by the Sea'.
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