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Kenneth Lonergan is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Thanks American born on 16 october 1962 at New York City (USA)
Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director.
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Nationality USA
Birth 16 october 1962 (62 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award
Birth 16 october 1962 (62 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award
Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director.
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Révélé au cinéma en 2000 par la comédie Mafia Blues, qu'interprètent Robert De Niro et Billy Crystal et dont il a écrit le scénario, son premier long métrage est Tu peux compter sur moi, film qui reçut plusieurs prix. Il a aussi coécrit le scénario de Gangs of New York. Il est par ailleurs un dramaturge reconnu, auteur de plusieurs pièces de théâtre telles que Lobby Hero, This is Our Youth, et The Waverly Gallery.Best films
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Filmography of Kenneth Lonergan (9 films)
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Manchester by the Sea (2016)
, 2h15Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Erica McDermott, Gretchen Mol
Roles Manchester Pedestrian
Rating77%
After the sudden death of Joe Chandler, his younger brother Lee is made legal guardian of his son. Lee returns to his hometown and has to deal with both his separated wife Randi and the community of North Shore.
Margaret (2011)
, 2h30Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Kieran Culkin, Krysten Ritter, Olivia Thirlby
Roles Karl
Rating64%
A 17-year-old Manhattan student, Lisa Cohen, shopping on the Upper West Side, interacts with bus driver Gerald Maretti as she runs alongside his moving bus; he allows himself to become distracted, leading to a fatal accident by missing a red light, in which a pedestrian, Monica Patterson, is hit by the bus and subsequently dies in Lisa's arms. Initially, Lisa reports to the police that the driver had a green traffic signal, but later, out of remorse, changes her story. She confronts Maretti, who first pretends to have forgotten the details of the accident, and then reveals to her in anger that he does remember them, but believes he did nothing wrong, causing Lisa to pursue his firing from the company with passion. In collaboration with Monica's best friend, Emily, and cousin, Abigail, Lisa ultimately becomes involved in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority, seeking the dismissal of the driver (who is revealed to have caused two previous accidents), as well as monetary damages, which would be awarded to the victim's next of kin, her cousin. Meanwhile, Lisa's life takes various turns, including a flirtation with her math teacher, Aaron Caije, her decision to lose her virginity to a classmate, Paul Hirsch, and various vehement debates about politics and terrorism with classmates.
Marie and Bruce (2004)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Bob Balaban, Julie Hagerty, Campbell Scott, Griffin Dunne
Roles Herb
Rating45%
The film is based on the somewhat whimsical and somewhat comical relationship between a fairly unlikely couple involved in a complex and emotionally tortured cohabitation. The real scandal of the film begins when Marie decides to leave Bruce. Her lack of measured decisiveness in leaving, however, leads to the heaping on of verbal invective and a stream of sarcastic and pejorative language, assumed to have accumulated over the years. At the climactic dinner scene at a restaurant, Marie finally expresses her verbal contempt for Bruce but without much effect. The two return to their apartment and are seen falling asleep in their double bed as the film ends.
You Can Count on Me (2000)
, 1h51Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin, Kenneth Lonergan
Roles Ron
Rating74%
As children, Sammy and Terry Prescott lost their parents to a car accident. Years later, Sammy (Laura Linney), a single mother and lending officer at a bank, still lives in her childhood home in Scottsville, New York, while Terry (Mark Ruffalo) has drifted around the country, scraping by and getting in and out of trouble.
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Manchester by the Sea (2016)
, 2h15Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Erica McDermott, Gretchen Mol
Rating77%
After the sudden death of Joe Chandler, his younger brother Lee is made legal guardian of his son. Lee returns to his hometown and has to deal with both his separated wife Randi and the community of North Shore.
Margaret (2011)
, 2h30Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Kieran Culkin, Krysten Ritter, Olivia Thirlby
Rating64%
A 17-year-old Manhattan student, Lisa Cohen, shopping on the Upper West Side, interacts with bus driver Gerald Maretti as she runs alongside his moving bus; he allows himself to become distracted, leading to a fatal accident by missing a red light, in which a pedestrian, Monica Patterson, is hit by the bus and subsequently dies in Lisa's arms. Initially, Lisa reports to the police that the driver had a green traffic signal, but later, out of remorse, changes her story. She confronts Maretti, who first pretends to have forgotten the details of the accident, and then reveals to her in anger that he does remember them, but believes he did nothing wrong, causing Lisa to pursue his firing from the company with passion. In collaboration with Monica's best friend, Emily, and cousin, Abigail, Lisa ultimately becomes involved in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority, seeking the dismissal of the driver (who is revealed to have caused two previous accidents), as well as monetary damages, which would be awarded to the victim's next of kin, her cousin. Meanwhile, Lisa's life takes various turns, including a flirtation with her math teacher, Aaron Caije, her decision to lose her virginity to a classmate, Paul Hirsch, and various vehement debates about politics and terrorism with classmates.
You Can Count on Me (2000)
, 1h51Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin, Kenneth Lonergan
Rating74%
As children, Sammy and Terry Prescott lost their parents to a car accident. Years later, Sammy (Laura Linney), a single mother and lending officer at a bank, still lives in her childhood home in Scottsville, New York, while Terry (Mark Ruffalo) has drifted around the country, scraping by and getting in and out of trouble.
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Manchester by the Sea (2016)
, 2h15Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Erica McDermott, Gretchen Mol
Roles Writer
Rating77%
After the sudden death of Joe Chandler, his younger brother Lee is made legal guardian of his son. Lee returns to his hometown and has to deal with both his separated wife Randi and the community of North Shore.
Margaret (2011)
, 2h30Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Kieran Culkin, Krysten Ritter, Olivia Thirlby
Roles Writer
Rating64%
A 17-year-old Manhattan student, Lisa Cohen, shopping on the Upper West Side, interacts with bus driver Gerald Maretti as she runs alongside his moving bus; he allows himself to become distracted, leading to a fatal accident by missing a red light, in which a pedestrian, Monica Patterson, is hit by the bus and subsequently dies in Lisa's arms. Initially, Lisa reports to the police that the driver had a green traffic signal, but later, out of remorse, changes her story. She confronts Maretti, who first pretends to have forgotten the details of the accident, and then reveals to her in anger that he does remember them, but believes he did nothing wrong, causing Lisa to pursue his firing from the company with passion. In collaboration with Monica's best friend, Emily, and cousin, Abigail, Lisa ultimately becomes involved in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority, seeking the dismissal of the driver (who is revealed to have caused two previous accidents), as well as monetary damages, which would be awarded to the victim's next of kin, her cousin. Meanwhile, Lisa's life takes various turns, including a flirtation with her math teacher, Aaron Caije, her decision to lose her virginity to a classmate, Paul Hirsch, and various vehement debates about politics and terrorism with classmates.
Gangs of New York (2002)
, 2h47Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, La précarité, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Political films, Erotic thriller films, Gangster films
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman, Henry Thomas, Jim Broadbent
Rating74%
On February 6, 1846, at Paradise Square in Lower Manhattan's Five Points, a territorial battle of hand-to-hand combat between Bill "the Butcher" Cutting's U.S.-born nativist gang, the Natives, and "Priest" Vallon's Irish Catholic immigrant gang, the Dead Rabbits, concludes when Cutting kills Vallon, witnessed by Vallon's young son, Amsterdam. Cutting declares the Dead Rabbits outlawed but orders that Vallon's body be buried with honor. Amsterdam seizes the knife used to kill his father, races off, and buries it along with a medal his father gave him. He is later raised at Hellgate orphanage.
Analyze That (2002)
, 1h36Directed by Harold Ramis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse, Gangster films
Actors Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Cathy Moriarty, Kyle Sabihy
Roles Characters
Rating58%
Near the completion of his sentence in Sing Sing prison, Paul Vitti's life is threatened by assassins and corrupt guards while incarcerated. He fakes insanity and starts singing showtunes from West Side Story to get the attention of Ben Sobel, who previously hung up on him while attending his father's funeral. The FBI calls in Ben to see if Vitti is really insane. This appears to be the case, and the FBI approves Ben taking Vitti out of prison, into his own custody, for further therapy. On their way out in Sobel's car, Vitti reveals that he faked it. Needing some therapy himself after his father's death, a grieving Sobel talks Vitti into finding a regular job (as requested by the FBI). Vitti attempts to find a legitimate job (he tries a car dealer, a restaurant, and a jewelry store), but his rude manners and paranoia only complicate things further (which end up in him getting fired each time).
You Can Count on Me (2000)
, 1h51Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin, Kenneth Lonergan
Roles Writer
Rating74%
As children, Sammy and Terry Prescott lost their parents to a car accident. Years later, Sammy (Laura Linney), a single mother and lending officer at a bank, still lives in her childhood home in Scottsville, New York, while Terry (Mark Ruffalo) has drifted around the country, scraping by and getting in and out of trouble.
, 1h28Directed by Desmond McAnuff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray
Roles Writer
Rating42%
1964 saw the cancellation of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and life became rather miserable and melancholy for Rocket "Rocky" J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose. Their home, Frostbite Falls, has been destroyed in deforestation, Rocky has lost his ability to fly, and the show's unseen Narrator lives with his mother, spending his time narrating everything that she does. Bullwinkle and Rocky head out to address the President of the United States regarding their situation, but are stopped for six months by red tape. Meanwhile, their enemies Fearless Leader, Boris Badenov, and Natasha Fatale lose power over Pottsylvania and dig to a Hollywood film studio where they convince an executive Minnie Mogul (Janeane Garofalo) to sign a contract giving her rights to the show, and the villains are transformed from their two-dimensional cel animation origins, and become live-action characters (portrayed by Robert De Niro, Jason Alexander, and Rene Russo). The klutzy FBI agent Karen Sympathy (Piper Perabo) and her boss Cappy von Trapment (Randy Quaid) inform President Signoff (James Rebhorn) that Fearless Leader intends to make himself the President by brainwashing the American public with his cable television network "RBTV" (short for "Really Bad Television"), with virtually nothing but mediocre spy film-based programming on the air. Karen is sent to a special lighthouse to bring Rocky and Bullwinkle to the real world. She succeeds, the Narrator being brought along as well but never being physically seen.
Analyze This (1999)
, 1h43Directed by Harold Ramis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse, Gangster films
Actors Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Viterelli, Molly Shannon
Roles Story
Rating66%
Mob boss Paul Vitti narrates a brief history of the Mafia: in the wake of Albert Anastasia's death, the dispute over who among Vito Genovese, Carlo Gambino and Joe Bananas will ascend to mob supremacy results in the Apalachin Meeting in upstate New York. The meeting is raided by the FBI, and the Mafia does not call a summit again until the present day.
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I'm Still Here (2010)
, 1h48Directed by Casey Affleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Sean Combs, Casey Affleck, Ben Stiller, Eddie Rouse, Mos Def
Roles Thanks
Rating61%
In 2008 while rehearsing for a charity event, actor Joaquin Phoenix, with Casey Affleck's camera watching, tells people he's quitting to pursue a career in rap music. Over the next year, we watch the actor write, rehearse, and perform to an audience. He importunes Sean Combs in hopes he'll produce the record. We see the actor in his home: he parties, smokes, bawls out his two-man entourage, talks philosophy with Affleck, and comments on celebrity. I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the documentary follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.