You Can Count on Me

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You Can Count on Me is a critically acclaimed 2000 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, focusing on the complex relationship between an overburdened single mother and her troubled brother in a small town.

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instanceOf drama film
film
independent film
awardReceived Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (Laura Linney)
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle Award
surface form: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film

Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film
surface form: Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic)

Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
cinematography Stephen Kazmierski
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
countrySetting United States of America
surface form: United States
director Kenneth Lonergan
distributedBy Paramount Pictures
surface form: Paramount Classics
editedBy Anne McCabe
genre drama
independent drama
hasTheme family loyalty
forgiveness
responsibility
mainCharacter Rudy Prescott Jr.
Sammy Prescott
Terry Prescott
motionPictureRating R
musicBy Lesley Barber
narrativeLocation small town in upstate New York
originalLanguage English
portrays family conflict
sibling relationships
single motherhood
small-town life
premiere Sundance Film Festival
surface form: 2000 Sundance Film Festival
producer Jeff Sharp
John Hart
Kenneth Lonergan
Martin Scorsese
productionCompany Hart-Sharp Entertainment
surface form: Hart Sharp Entertainment
publicationDate 2000-03-10
releaseYear 2000
runtimeMinutes 111
screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan
setInPeriod contemporary era
starring J. Smith-Cameron
Jon Tenney
Laura Linney
Mark Ruffalo
Matthew Broderick
Rory Culkin
writer Kenneth Lonergan

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Kenneth Lonergan notableWork You Can Count on Me
Kenneth Lonergan directorOf You Can Count on Me
Laura Linney notableWork You Can Count on Me
Jon Tenney notableWork You Can Count on Me
Rory Culkin notableWork You Can Count on Me
Rory Culkin actedIn You Can Count on Me
Mark Ruffalo notableWork You Can Count on Me
Lonergan notableWork You Can Count on Me
subject surface form: Kenneth Lonergan
J. Smith-Cameron notableWork You Can Count on Me
Lesley Barber notableWork You Can Count on Me
Lesley Barber workFeaturedIn You Can Count on Me
Linney notableWork You Can Count on Me
subject surface form: Laura Linney
My Two Dads openingTheme You Can Count on Me