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Title: Paterno (TV Movie 2018)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Al Pacino | ... | Joe Paterno | |
| Kathy Baker | ... | Sue Paterno | |
| Kenneth Maharaj | ... | MRI Tech | |
| Michael Mastro | ... | Guido D'Elia | |
| Joshua Morgan | ... | Bobby, Media Wrangler | |
| Ross Degraw | ... | Sports Producer | |
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Mitchell L. Mack | ... | Devon Smith (as Mitchell Mack) |
| Larry Mitchell | ... | Jay Paterno | |
| Darren Goldstein | ... | Mike McQueary | |
| Riley Keough | ... | Sara Ganim | |
| Nicholas Sadler | ... | Todd, Press Photographer | |
| Sir Brodie | ... | Security Guard | |
| Greg Grunberg | ... | Scott Paterno | |
| Annie Parisse | ... | Mary Kay Paterno | |
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Vito Vitiello | ... | Sports Director |
The film centers on Joe Paterno, who after becoming the most successful coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
Cable TV is really hitting it out of the park these days. Paterno is one of the better movies I've seen in awhile including theatrical movies. I probably don't need to recap the entire plot for anyone, since the news covered it widely at the time. This film centers on the horrific Penn State scandal of sexual molestation of young boys by a man who was at one time on the Penn State coaching staff and was a "pillar of the community." What makes this different though than any news coverage you've seen is that it goes inside Joe Paterno 's life to show the downfall of a community and sports icon from the inside.
Of course, one must take into account that filmmakers take some license when it comes portraying Paterno and his family. While I'm sure they did their research, they weren't actually sitting at his dining room table for those intimate encounters with his kids during the aftermath of all of this. I think a question that most people had when they heard about the scandal was, "What was Joe Paterno thinking? Why did this powerful leader not do more? What was going on inside head?" This movie delves into that, giving an interesting and very possible take on what really was going on inside Paterno's head. Other great things about this movie: Riley Keough is fantastic as the reporter who originally breaks the case, and Al Pacino is so amazing as Paterno that you will forget you are even watching Pacino.