Category: 16
All Genres: Drama, Mystery
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 104
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Sound: Dolby Digital, DTS
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Writing by: John Patrick Shanley – (screenplay)
John Patrick Shanley – (play)

Produced by: Scott Rudin – producer

Cast: Meryl Streep – Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Father Brendan Flynn
Amy Adams – Sister James
Viola Davis – Mrs. Miller
Alice Drummond – Sister Veronica
Audrie J. Neenan – Sister Raymond (as Audrie Neenan)
Susan Blommaert – Mrs. Carson
Carrie Preston – Christine Hurley
John Costelloe – Warren Hurley
Lloyd Clay Brown – Jimmy Hurley
Joseph Foster – Donald Muller (as Joseph Foster II)

Music: Howard Shore
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Plot Outline: Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.
Plot: Set at a Catholic school in the Bronx, it centers on a nun who grows suspicious when a priest begins taking too much interest in the life of a young black student. Is she being overly protective or not protective enough? And can she work within the system to discover the truth?

Movie Quotes:
Father Flynn: I can fight you.
Sister Aloysius: You will lose.


Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
During the end credits, blood runs down the screen and outtakes from the film are shown.

Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Factual errors: Several young Amish girls throughout the movie are shown wearing capps, the small white bonnet style hat. However, in the Amish tradition, women only wear the capp after they are baptized into the Amish Church – when they are well into their teen years.

Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• The play won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
• The Broadway play ran for over a year, with 525 performances. The original cast was: Cherry Jones (Meryl Streep's role), Brian F. O'Byrne (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Heather Goldenhersh (Amy Adams) and Adriane Lenox (Viola Davis). All four were nominated for a Tony award. The play won four Tony awards: Best Play, Best Director (Doug Hughes), Best Actress (Jones) and Best Featured Actress (Lenox).
• Natalie Portman was considered for the role of Sister James, but she declined and the role went to Amy Adams.