Manchester By The Sea

  • NewsThe Wrap

    Here’s Why Everyone in Manchester, Massachusetts Gets a Free Year of Amazon Prime

    Kenneth Lonergan’s Oscar-winning “Manchester By the Sea” may be a downer, but this news should get people happy. Amazon, which distributed “Manchester By the Sea,” is giving every household in the city Manchester, MA a free year of Amazon Prime as well as gift cards for Wickedly Prime Popcorn as a way of celebrating the film’s success. For the record, the 2010 census says that Manchester, MA has a population of 5,136.

  • NewsVariety

    ‘Manchester by the Sea’ Inspired Parents to Kill Son, Prosecutor Says

    A New York couple decided to kill their disabled adopted son after watching “Manchester by the Sea,” according to a prosecutor handling the case. Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride said last week during a bail hearing that 16-year-old Jeffrey Franklin was killed within two hours of his adoptive parents, Ernest and Heather Franklin, watching the... <a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/news/manchester-by-the-sea-parents-kill-son-1202029372/" title="Read ‘Manchester by the Sea’ Insp

  • NewsYahoo Movies UK

    Casey Affleck addresses Oscars backlash

    Casey Affleck has finally addressed the backlash surrounding his success with ‘Manchester By The Sea’, which reached a zenith over the weekend when he was awarded the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance. For those of you that don’t know, two women that were part of the crew of his 2010 mockumentary ‘I’m Still Here’ sued Affleck for breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, while one also insisted she had been sexually harassed by him, too. Affleck later settled

  • NewsDeadline

    Amazon Scores Streaming First With Oscar Best Picture Nom For ‘Manchester By The Sea’

    It's been just over a year since Amazon Studios acquired Kenneth Lonergan's heartbreaking <em>Manchester by the Sea</em> at the Sundance Film Festival for a cool $10 million, and while the indie already has  proved its chops at the box office with a $38.9M domestic tally (and counting), it's the film's Oscar nominations today that have made history for the streaming giant. Boasting six Academy Award nominations for <em>Manchester</em> – including Best Picture, Original Screenplay and…

  • NewsYahoo Movies UK

    The Oscar nominations 2017 – Shocks, snubs, and surprises

    The Oscar nominations for 2017 have been announced and as ever, there are a handful of surprises and snubs, as well as all the stuff that everyone was expecting. What we predicted: ‘La La Land’ is expected to sweep the board, but will it top the record of 14 nominations, as received by the movies ‘Titanic’ and ‘All About Eve’? It’ll be an impressive achievement for director Damien Chazelle, who picked up a glut of awards for his last movie ‘Whiplash’ at last year’s awards. ‘La La Land’ is only

  • NewsYahoo Movies UK

    Manchester By The Sea: Casey Affleck stars in exclusive new clip from Oscar contender

    With awards season in full swing, a number of films are emerging as serious frontrunners and amongst them is Kenneth Lonergan’s moving meditation on grief and family, ‘Manchester By The Sea’. The film topped a number of “Best of 2016” lists, was nominated for three Golden Globes, and recently earned six BAFTA nominations, so we’re thrilled to be able to share a never-before-seen clip from the film ahead of its UK release on Friday, 13 January. Following his Golden Globe Award win for Best Acto