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  Kenneth Lonergan - Biography - Moviefone
Some may say that Kenneth Lonergan is carrying on the tradition of such directors as John Cassavetes with his affection for small, character-driven dramas.
A native of the Bronx, Lonergan began to develop his writing skills in high school, later graduating from the NYU Playwriting Program and penning stories that, though not necessarily autobiographical, reflected situations he had experienced that affected his life.
Lonergan was inspired early on to pen Waverly Gallery, based on his grandmother's Greenwich Village Gallery.
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 BOMB Magazine: Kenneth Lonergan by Rachel Kushner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
I wish I could say of the integrity in Kenneth Lonergan's dramas that all the separate works are like blocks of marble from the same quarry, showing the same veins and faults as the mother rock, but Malcolm Cowley already said it about William Faulkner.
Lonergan's character-driven stories betray enormous sensitivity to and appreciation for ambiguities, imperfections, humor, loneliness, warmth and rage–just a few strata of human behavior he's capable of evoking.
Lonergan, whose mother and stepfather are both psychiatrists, denies that close proximity to analysts has had any specific effect on his work but says his whole family is "interested in peoples' personalities." I sat down with him just as spring was burgeoning in New York City.
www.bombsite.com /lonergan/lonergan.html   (307 words)

  
 INTERVIEW: You Can Count on Kenneth Lonergan
Lonergan: The way movies are made is so different from the way plays are rehearsed that in a way it wasn't as helpful as I thought it would be.
Lonergan: "Rocky and Bullwinkle" was an assignment I got when I was looking for a job, and I got a chance to try out for the movie and got hired to write it.
Lonergan: The first germ of it was a one-act play, the big lunch scene they have at the beginning of the film.
www.indiewire.com /people/int_Lonergan_Kenn_001110.html   (2186 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan - Moviefone
Some may say that Kenneth Lonergan is carrying on the tradition of such directors as John Cassavetes with his affection for small, character-driven...
But then again, Kenneth Lonergan, now 38, has already had two enormously successful productions, This Is Our Youth and The Waverly Gallery, and now a third,...
Kenneth Lonergan - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Kenneth Lonergan Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 Amazon.ca: The Waverly Gallery: Books: Kenneth Lonergan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kenneth Lonergan is known for his trademark humor and genius for capturing the real heart and soul of human interactions.
Kenneth Lonergran is known for his trademark humor and genius for capturing the real heart and soul of human interactions.
Kenneth Lonergran is the author of This Is Our Youth, selected as one of Time magazine's ten best plays of 1998.
www.amazon.ca /Waverly-Gallery-Kenneth-Lonergan/dp/0802137563   (763 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: This Is Our Youth: Books: Kenneth Lonergan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kenneth Lonergan has had his work performed at Naked Angels, H.B. Playwrights' Foundation, Atlantic Theatre Company, Manhattan Punchline, the Royal Court Theatre (London), the first annual Young Playwrights' Festival at Circle Rep, and the Coast Theatre in Los Angeles.
In "This is Our Youth" Kenneth Lonergan portrays three strikingly different characters, Dennis, Warren and Jessica, growing up in Manhattan in the 1980's.
There is nothing stilted or unnatural in Lonergan's work, it flows easily and touches those who have experienced the turmoil of feeling lost and empty in a world filled with material things.
www.amazon.ca /This-Our-Youth-Kenneth-Lonergan/dp/1585670189   (497 words)

  
 The History of Cinema. Kenneth Lonergan: biography, filmography, reviews, links
Lonergan non perde tempo, e non si abbandona a mostrare i particolari della scena.
Lonergan's characters are all unhappy and neurotic (they are all smokers), but they could never use violence or be the victims of violence, because they represent the American heartland.
Lonergan does not waste time, and does not indulge in, showing the details of a scene.
www.scaruffi.com /director/lonergan.html   (1639 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His first success came with the play This is Our Youth (1996), and was followed by The Waverley Gallery (1999), based on his grandmother's Greenwich Village Gallery, and later Lobby Hero (2002).
He was subsequently offered a job writing The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000), which wasn't quite what he had in mind as a career direction, but enjoyed anyway, despite its poor critical reception.
Lonergan directed his next screenplay for You Can Count on Me (2000), which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese, and Lonergan went on to contribute to the screenplay for Gangs of New York (2002).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kenneth_Lonergan   (346 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan
He is also under commission by Playwrights Horizon for an original stage work and recently completed the play The Lobby for an off-Broadway run this fall.
Lonergan's motion picture work includes Tribeca's hit comedy, Analyze This (1999), directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal.
Lonergan, the son of a doctor and psychiatrist, grew up in Manhattan.
www.cinema.com /people/004/215/kenneth-lonergan/index.phtml   (225 words)

  
 Kenyon College - Kenyon College Dramatic Club presents Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero
The action, which takes place in the lobby of a high-rise apartment building in New York City, centers on two cops, Bill and Dawn, and two near-cops, security guards William and Jeff, all of whom become entangled in a murder investigation.
Lonergan's play debuted in New York in early 2001, at the same time that You Can Count on Me, a film that he wrote and directed, earned Academy Award nominations for best original screenplay and best actress.
As in the film, Lonergan here effortlessly interweaves comedy and drama as his characters grapple with questions of morality.
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 Kenneth Lonergan Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
While some faulted the lack of visual pyrotechnics, Lonergan proved a strong director of actors, eliciting believable performances from his leads, Ruffalo and Laura Linney, as well as strong supporting turns from Rory Culkin (as Linney's son) and long-time chum Matthew Broderick (as Linney's fussy boss).
While Lonergan remained faithful to the spirit of the Jay Ward cartoons, the film mix of live-action and animation didn't impress reviewers or audiences.
Lonergan's crisp dialogue was once again singled out for praise as was the career-topping turn of Eileen Heckart in the lead role.
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 Not so distant, but still distant You Can Count on Me, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan
From Lonergan's film we discover that identity is far more unstable than it first appears.
No, Lonergan allows the bank manager to return to his old existence without his inner or outer life undergoing any serious consideration.
Lonergan's film is not so far removed from the more convulsive realities and complexities of life as those more conventional works are, but it's still pretty far.
www.wsws.org /articles/2000/dec2000/you-d20_prn.shtml   (1152 words)

  
 ToxicUniverse.com - Kenneth Lonergan - 2000 - You Can Count on Me Movies Review
Lonergan claims that the toughest thing Caulkin had to do was to smile because he is so melancholy and low key that he was only happy when he was miserable.
Lonergan says that he wanted to focus on the present situation, yet there are plenty of clues to show what had gone on over the years with the brother and sister.
Lonergan shows us these things through visuals or scenes that help us discover their past, like the dinner table scene when Sammy looks away when Terry mentions that his sister had some pretty wild years.
www.toxicuniverse.com /review.php?rid=10001467   (1291 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan and THIS IS OUR YOUTH
He got his start when he was eighteen, and one of his plays won an award in Stephen Sondheim’s first Young Playwrights Festival in 1982, a success that led him to New York University’s playwriting program.
Actually, Lonergan admits the play was inspired by his own experiences while “taking a break from college.” “It’s essentially the life lived by my friends and me on the Upper West Side in the 1980’s” he recalls.
Lonergan is currently working on screen adaptations of the Jack Finney novel Time and Again and T.H. White’s The Once and Future King.
www.indiana.edu /~thtr/2002/youth/lonergan.html   (851 words)

  
 Playbill News: Laurels and Morals: Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero Opens March 13 in NYC
Lonergan has reportedly been working on rewrites throughout the preview process.
Lonergan, who penned such humane, intimate plays as This Is Our Youth and The Waverly Gallery, has been nominated for a 2001 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, for "You Can Count On Me," which he also directed.
Lonergan has been lauded for his spare, unsentimental storytelling.
www.playbill.com /news/article/59000.html   (608 words)

  
 Lycos Movies - Celebrity - Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan joined that long line in the 1990s, selling a spec script that eventually was made into the comedy "Analyze This" (1999) and garnering accolades and acclaim for his stage dramas tinged with autobiographical elements.
The son of a doctor and a psychoanalyst, Lonergan was born and raised in Manhattan.
While in high school, he was asked to collaborate on a play by...
sonique.lycos.com /movies/celebrity.php?id=16863   (132 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan's "Lobby Hero" at Actors Theatre-03/05 to 03/21/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
As seems to be a consistent case in Lonergan's scripts, we are not given any particularly heroic or awful characters that would allow us to idolize or vilify.
The four characters that inhabit this Manhattan apartment high-rise lobby are greatly flawed.
Lonergan depends on the art of the interruption and overlaid dialogue, difficult actions for actors and directors.
www.goldfishpublishers.com /LobbyHero_AT.html   (688 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan - playwright
To search for published plays by Kenneth Lonergan click on one of the bookstore links above.
You will be shown all Plays in print by Kenneth Lonergan.
When Jeff, a luckless young security guard, is drawn into a local murder investigation, loyalties are strained to the breaking point.
www.doollee.com /PlaywrightsL/LonerganKenneth.htm   (271 words)

  
 Playbill News: New Kenneth Lonergan Movie "Margaret" to Start Filming in September
Playwright, screenwriter and director Kenneth Lonergan will begin filming his follow-up to the critically acclaimed movie "You Can Count on Me" in New York City in September.
Lonergan added that the September start time was not yet firm, and the film still had to be fully cast.
Lonergan's stage plays include The Waverly Gallery, Lobby Hero and This Is Our Youth.
www.playbill.com /news/article/93220.html   (339 words)

  
 Vintage Catalog | You Can Count on Me by Kenneth Lonergan
Acclaimed playwright Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me is one of the most highly praised independent films of recent years, earning many of the major screenplay awards.
This is the lovingly drawn story of a sister and brother’s complicated, fragile, but somehow enduring bond.
Kenneth Lonergan’s plays include This Is Our Youth and Lobby Hero.
www.randomhouse.com /vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375713927   (249 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kenneth Lonergan is a playwright, screenwriter and director.
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 TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE SELECTS SCIENCE-THEMED PROJECTS BY KENNETH LONERGAN, NICOLE PERLMAN AND DAN ZEFF FOR SCRIPT ...
tribeca film institute selects science-themed projects by kenneth lonergan, nicole perlman and dan zeff for script development program funded by the alfred p.
The Starry Messenger (Lonergan) is about a 43-year-old astronomy teacher who works at a non-research university in New York and teaches night classes to adults at the Hayden Planetarium, in the Fall of 1995.
Panelists include writer/director Lonergan and Dr. David Pankenier, a professor at Lehigh University and member of INSAP, a forum through which artists, historians, philosophers, and scientists discuss the diversity of astronomical inspiration.
www.independentfilm.com /resources/tribeca-film-institute-se.shtml   (1893 words)

  
 Amazon.com: WAVERLY GALLERY: Books: Kenneth Lonergan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan in Back Cover
A "Night Mother" for the 90's, this story of an upper west side jewish family dealing with the grandmother's alzheimer's should have been made into a "Movie of the Week" instead of a play.
While I admit I'm not a fan of Lonergan's work, I simply fail to understand why this play has been so favorably reviewed by so many.
www.amazon.com /WAVERLY-GALLERY-Kenneth-Lonergan/dp/0802137563   (1543 words)

  
 GLT » James Joyce lite, Kenneth Lonergan heavy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Playwright Kenneth Lonergan may be better known for his Oscar-nominated screenplay You Can Count on Me than for the plays he’s written.
Lonergan, in fact, uses the technique of stereo conversation frequently here; that it works so well is a credit to director Kristianne Kurner and her actors, who get the timing down perfectly.
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 Amazon.com: Lobby Hero: Books: Kenneth Lonergan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
With his acclaimed plays This Is Our Youth and The Waverly Gallery and his Oscar-nominated film You Can Count on Me, Kenneth Lonergan has been called "the new golden boy of stage and screen" by The New York Times.
[a] drama that derives its strength from Lonergan's keen ear for dialogue.
The main character, Jeff, is reminiscent of other characters that Lonergan has written for Mark Ruffalo.
www.amazon.com /Lobby-Hero-Kenneth-Lonergan/dp/0802138551   (1042 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan Movies - Kenneth Lonergan Film - Kenneth Lonergan TV Shows
Kenneth Lonergan Movies - Kenneth Lonergan Film - Kenneth Lonergan TV Shows
This list contains all contributed appearances for Kenneth Lonergan.
All appearances can be made at the individual TV Show or episode level.
www.tv.com /kenneth-lonergan/person/441534/appearances.html   (72 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : The Waverly Gallery: A Play: Livres en anglais: Kenneth Lonergan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Amazon.fr : The Waverly Gallery: A Play: Livres en anglais: Kenneth Lonergan
de Kenneth Lonergan "A tiny gallery in Greenwich Village in the fall of 1989..." (plus)
With The Waverly Gallery, Lonergan has once again shown himself to have "one of the keenest ears of any working playwright" (Ben Brantley New York Times).
www.amazon.fr /Waverly-Gallery-Play-Kenneth-Lonergan/dp/0802137563   (435 words)

  
 Kenneth Lonergan Bio, News, Awards and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
Kenneth Lonergan Bio, News, Awards and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
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