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Doubt (2008) -- Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and authority.
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Release Date:
25 December 2008 (USA) more
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There is no evidence. There are no witnesses. But for one, there is no doubt.
Plot:
Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and authority. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 33 nominations more
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Meryl Streep reaches 25 Golden Globe nominations
 (From Gold Derby. 15 December 2009, 10:40 AM, PST)

PTA Chooses Philip Seymour Hoffman as his 'Master'
 (From ioncinema. 12 December 2009, 6:25 PM, PST)

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Doubt is all Dialogue, Acting and Weather more (234 total)

Cast

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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 Miller (as Joseph Foster II)

Mike Roukis ... William London
Haklar Dezso ... Zither Player
Frank Shanley ... Kevin
Robert Ridgell ... Organist
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Rated PG-13 for thematic material.
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104 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The play won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. more
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Anachronisms: A Wurlitzer electric piano model 200 or 200A appears in the dance class and the Christmas pageant rehearsal scenes. Neither the model 200 (1968) nor the 200A (1975) were in production in 1964. more
Quotes:
Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [to Mrs. Miller] Years ago I used to listen to all the news reports, because my husband was in Italy, in the war.
Mrs. Miller: [Taken aback] You were a married woman?
Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [Offended] Yes, but then he was killed.
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Ubi Caritas more

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Is "Doubt" based on a book?
Will Shanley resolve the question of whether or not Father Flynn really did molest the boy?
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Doubt is all Dialogue, Acting and Weather, 30 August 2009
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Author: Acolin_f from Tampa, FL

Doubt is all Dialogue, Acting and Weather

There is no doubt. Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role and for Best Writing, Doubt is an acting tour de force.

Remember this name. John Patrick Shanley. He is the writer of only a dozen movies, but a few of them are quite good. He wrote Alive with Ethan Hawke, Joe Versus the Volcano with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and the sweetheart maker, Moonstruck with Nicholas Cage and Cher (Oscar for screen writing).

The 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this Broadway play is all dialog, acting, and weather. Cold weather. Cold northeastern winter weather. The kind that blows across your path, knocks down limbs in your way, obscures your vision and maybe makes you see things that aren't there. The kind of hard wind that blows away the fine line dividing right and righteous, wrong and wronged. The kind of cold Meryl Streep exposes as Viola Davies offers up her son to the bare bones of stark truths.

Just as Shanley did with the play, none of the other actors know if Father Flynn is guilty. Yet, the Spartan dialog gives these accomplished angels their wings. Doubt floats with the power of their performances. Nary is a word wasted. Neither a look nor a glance spent unwisely.

"Doubt," Philip Seymour Hoffman's character says in the opening siloque, "can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty."

With performances like Julia & Julie, Meryl Streep will soon be sweeping aside all other acting award records. Those who love her need look no further than Doubt for proof of her incredible talents.

Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis and John Patrick Shanley follow in her footsteps. They track her out of the warmth of what you think you know is right and good and into a shivering Bronx, dusted with unfeeling snow. 8/16/2009

Love these lines!

Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman)in Doubt:

Well, I'm not going to let her keep this parish in the dark ages! And I'm not going to let her destroy my spirit of compassion!

That I can look at your face and know your philosophy. It's kindness.

There are people who go after your humanity, Sister, that tell you the light in your heart is a weakness. Don't believe it. It's an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue. There's nothing wrong with love.

http://www.miramaxawards.com/uploads/Doubt_Script%5B1%5D.pdf

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