Doubt

Release Date: Friday, December 12, 2008 Limited

Viola Davis, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Scott Rudin, Carrie Preston, Mark Roybal, John Patrick Shanley, Alice Drummond, Celia Costas, Michael Roukis, Joseph Foster, Susan Blommaert, Audrie Neenan

A nun confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 44 m

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A nun confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student.

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It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence.
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The film's director John Patrick Shanley last directed Wild Mountain Thyme. The film's writer John Patrick Shanley last wrote Wild Mountain Thyme and Whiskey River.

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Mark Roybal
Scott Rudin

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic material
Runtime
1 hr, 44 m
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Language
English

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  • Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning play. Production began on December 1, 2007. The film, which centers on a Bronx Catholic School, was filmed in various areas of The Bronx and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Natalie Portman was considered for the role of Sister James, but she declined and the role went to Amy Adams.

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Release Dates

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Doubt was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, December 12, 2008 . in around 15 theaters There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Timecrimes and A Match Made in Heaven. As a limited release, Doubt was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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Mon., Nov. 30, 2009

  • Added the Blu-ray release date of April 7, 2009

  • Added the DVD release date of April 7, 2009

  • Added Michael Roukis to the credits

  • Added Joseph Foster to the credits

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