You Can Count on Me

You Can Count on Me
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKenneth Lonergan
Written byKenneth Lonergan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyStephen Kazmierski
Edited byAnne McCabe
Music byLesley Barber
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Classics
Release dates
  • January 21, 2000 (2000-01-21) (Sundance)
  • December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22) (United States)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.2 million[citation needed]
Box office$11.2 million[1]

You Can Count on Me is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan in his feature directorial debut. Starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, and Matthew Broderick, the film follows a single mother living in a small Catskill Mountains town, and her complicated relationships with family and friends.

You Can Count on Me premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2000, where it tied with Girlfight for the Grand Jury Prize, and Lonergan won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. It was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Classics on December 22, 2000 to widespread acclaim, with particular praise for Linney's performance.[2] At the 73rd Academy Awards, Linney was nominated for Best Actress and Lonergan was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

  1. ^ "You Can Count on Me (2000)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ Communications, Emmis (December 2000). Los Angeles Magazine. Emmis Communications.

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