Kenneth Lonergan’s MANCHESTER BY THE SEA receives SIX Academy Award® Nominations including Best Picture

BAFTA nominated MANCHESTER BY THE SEA has today received six Academy Award® nominations in the following categories, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Writing and Best Picture!

Best Picture
Actor in a Leading Role (Casey Affleck)
Actor in a Supporting Role (Lucas Hedges)
Actress in a Supporting Role (Michelle Williams)
Directing (Kenneth Lonergan)
Writing (Original Screenplay) (Kenneth Lonergan)

In the critically acclaimed feature film from writer-director Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count On Me, Margaret), Casey Affleck stars as Lee, a man whose sparse existence is suddenly ruptured when the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) forces him to return to the hometown he abandoned years before. Rocked by contact with his estranged ex-wife (Michelle Williams) and the revelation that Joe has made him guardian of his teenage son (Lucas Hedges), Lee is forced to face up to painful memories and new-found levels of responsibility as he reconnects with his family.

Directed by Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count On Me, Margaret) and starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Gretchen Mol, Kyle Chandler and Tate Donovan, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA stars is in cinemas now.

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