1271 You Can Count on Me

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Finch
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1271 You Can Count on Me

#1 Post by Finch » Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:12 pm

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Celebrated playwright Kenneth Lonergan first brought his rich, humanist vision to the screen with this soulful look at the complexities of a sibling relationship whose roots are as knotted as they are deep. Years after Sammy (Laura Linney) and her younger brother, Terry (Mark Ruffalo), lost their parents in a car crash, small-town single mother Sammy is plunged into another crisis when the troubled, adrift Terry comes home for what turns out to be an extended stay—one that could either bring them closer together or tear them apart. With infinite grace and his peerless ear for dialogue, Lonergan offers something all too rare on-screen: beautifully flawed human beings whose journeys offer achingly relatable insight into what changes when you grow up—and what doesn’t.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Kenneth Lonergan, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
Audio commentary featuring Lonergan
New interviews with Lonergan and actors Matthew Broderick, Laura Linney, and Mark Ruffalo
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English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by playwright Rebecca Gilman and the script of the original one-act play

New cover by Eric Skillman

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Re: 1271 You Can Count On Me

#2 Post by brundlefly » Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:19 pm

Am so there for this.

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andyli
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Re: 1271 You Can Count on Me

#3 Post by andyli » Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:22 pm

Guess the script isn't too long? They include it to bump up the fold-out to a booklet. I'm all for it.

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Re: 1271 You Can Count on Me

#4 Post by Randall Maysin Again » Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:24 pm

They should get Seth MacFarlane to write an essay for the booklet about how Laura Linney is a Big Loser Actress and how Kenneth Lonergan should have cast Monica Bellucci instead.

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#5 Post by domino harvey » Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:05 pm

Incredible news. I kept waiting for this to come from someone, guess Criterion had prob been squatting on it. But they released it, so all is well!

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Re: 1271 You Can Count on Me

#6 Post by hearthesilence » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:46 pm

FWIW, Lonergan, Jon Tenney, Matthew Broderick and producer Jeffrey Sharp will be at the Paris Theater in NYC on Sunday night to discuss this film following a 35mm screening.

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Re: 1271 You Can Count on Me

#7 Post by ryannichols7 » Thu Apr 17, 2025 10:39 am

I'm very happy that they interviewed the three principal actors. actor interviews are always lovely gets for me (I wish I cared about King Lear cause I'd love to see that Molly Ringwald interview) and I feel like there hasn't been enough of those lately. Matthew Broderick didn't even contribute to the Election edition!

it heartened me that so many people on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter, and elsewhere saw this edition and immediately started asking for Margaret. the demand is there!

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#8 Post by andyli » Thu Apr 17, 2025 11:46 am

But (obviously) the main difference is that Margaret is Disney-controlled.

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Re: 1271 You Can Count on Me

#9 Post by ryannichols7 » Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:11 pm

andyli wrote:
Thu Apr 17, 2025 11:46 am
But (obviously) the main difference is that Margaret is Disney-controlled.
very much true, but Criterion has pulled off All of Us Strangers, so never say never

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