Simply streep career films doubt 2008 meryl streep. Hollywood rewind meryl streep starrer doubt makes you. American actress meryl streep has been recognized with multiple awards and nominations for her work in film, television, and stage. Doubt 2008 official trailer meryl streep, amy adams. The principal is sister aloysius, a nun very strict about the discipline. The priest, father flynn, is just the opposite, a very natural guy, open to people and to the world. Healed by grace full movie natalie weese, tommy beardmore, april. A catholic grade school could seem like a hermetically sealed world in 1964. Mar 02, 2015 sister aloysius meryl streep slowly pulls out the truth about father flynns philip seymour hoffman meeting with young donald.
Doubt 2008 official trailer meryl streep, amy adams, philip seymour hoffman. Before leaving, father flynn tells sister aloysius he is displeased with her handling of the situation. Film version of john patrick shanleys play, with meryl. From miramax films comes one of the most honored and acclaimed motion pictures of the year, doubt. See the full list of doubt cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. John patrick shanley directorial doubt belongs to the second category. Best performance by an actress in a leading role meryl streep.
Doubt best scene meryl streep, amy adams, philip seymour. Rent doubt 2008 starring meryl streep and philip seymour hoffman on dvd and bluray. Best writing, adapted screenplay john patrick shanley. Story highlights doubt stars meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, amy adams, viola davis. She holds the record for the most academy award nominations of any actor, having been nominated twentyone timesseventeen for best actress, and four for best supporting actresssince the first nomination in 1978 for her performance in the deer hunter. Best performance by an actress in a supporting role amy adams. Feb 07, 2009 doubt is a provocative, pareddown work that in the theatre carried the subtitle a parable, and it has four outstanding performances. Doubt looks like some sort of upscale horror film, complete with.
To watch this movie is to be forced to think for ourselves about the issues and consider our own relationship to doubt. Best performance by an actress in a supporting role viola davis. Doubt 2008drama full movie hd meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, amy adams. Doubt 2008 meryl streep as sister aloysius beauvier.
With uma thurman, meryl streep, bryan greenberg, jon abrahams. When the principal meryl streep of a bronx catholic high school accuses a popular priest philip seymour hoffman of pedophilia, a young nun caught in between the feuding pair becomes hopelessly. Mar 02, 2015 while father flynn philip seymour hoffman leads a dinner with the boys, sisters james amy adams and beauvier meryl streep discuss their suspicions. Philip seymour hoffman movies on netflix right now. Doubt it takes a cat hd meryl streep, philip seymour. Spoiler question the ending of movie doubt last night i finally got around to watching the movie doubt with meryl streep, phillip hoffman, and amy adams. While father flynn philip seymour hoffman leads a dinner with the boys, sisters james amy adams and beauvier meryl streep discuss their suspicions. She inhabits her role to such an extent that we forget that it is meryl streep. Doubt 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Doubt 110 movie clip crisis of faith 2008 hd youtube. Doubt is a 2008 american period drama film written and directed by john patrick shanley. Doubt it takes a cat hd meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, amy. Philip seymour hoffman at an event for doubt 2008 meryl streep in doubt 2008.
This is cinema at its best it treats us as intelligent. Film is based on a tony award and pulitzer prizewinning play by the same name. Meryl streep won the screen actors guild award as best actress. A career driven professional from manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst. Meryl streep is amazingly intense as the stern principal who. Meryls character had no doubt that the priest was up to no good. Best performance by an actor in a supporting role philip seymour hoffman. Father flynn philip seymour hoffman, a charismatic priest, is advocating reform of the. Hollywood rewind meryl streep starrer doubt makes you think. When the principal meryl streep of a bronx catholic high school accuses a. At the heart of the tale is a progressiveminded priest philip seymour hoffman who is viewed as highly suspect by a tyrannical nun meryl streep who personifies all that was wrong with the strict nuns who thought that harsh discipline and humiliation was the way to rule the school classroom. Produced by scott rudin, the film takes place in a roman catholic elementary school named for st. In an interview, meryl says her character has seen other pedophiles in the church and could identify them. Based on the pulitzer prize and tony awardwinning play, doubt is a mesmerizing, suspensefilled drama with four riveting performances from meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, amy adams and viola davis that will have you pinned to the edge of your seat.
I have a question i am sure many others had thought about because of the end of the movie where sister aloysius breaks down to sister james and tells her i have such doubts. Amy adams and meryl streep in doubt h ere is a movie about a startling issue that has so far not been debated on newsnight or the today programme. Jan 29, 2009 7 minute clip from doubt featuring performances from oscar nominated actresses meryl streep best actress and viola davis best supporting actress. Doubt 2008 official trailer meryl streep, amy adams, philip seymour hoffmana catholic school principal questions a priests ambiguous. The air is thick with paranoia in doubt, but nowhere as thick, juicy, sustained or sustaining as meryl streeps performance as a distrustful nun in john patrick shanleys screen. Amy adams character had three boyfriends in miss pettigrew lives for a day 2008, as did meryl streeps in mamma mia. Released december 12th, 2008, doubt stars meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, amy adams, viola davis the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of 68 out of 100. Doubt movie 2008 meryl streep, amy adams, philip seymour. Dec 10, 2008 story highlights doubt stars meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, amy adams, viola davis. It features impeccable acting by the everbelievable meryl streep as sister. Meryl s character had no doubt that the priest was up to no good.
Doubt synopsis in 1964 a nun meryl streep confronts a priest she believes is abusing a student. Nicholas in the bronx, ruled by the pathologically severe principal sister aloysius, who keeps the students and nuns under her thumb and is engaged in an undeclared war with the new parish priest. List of awards and nominations received by meryl streep. There are movies, and then there are experiences that you live through certain films. Sep 30, 2011 when the principal meryl streep of a bronx catholic high school accuses a popular priest philip seymour hoffman of pedophilia, a young nun caught in between the feuding pair becomes hopelessly. In 1964 a nun meryl streep confronts a priest she believes is abusing a student. We search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades. Sister james tells aloysius that father flynn philip seymour hoffman might. At the centre are two of the finest actors alive, meryl. Dec 12, 2008 this week on indie movie guide alicia recommends manchester by the sea, nocturnal animals, aspergers are us, and dont think twice. Doubt is a provocative, pareddown work that in the theatre carried the subtitle a parable, and it has four outstanding performances. The winds of change are sweeping through this tightknit religious community, and.
With meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, amy adams, viola davis. However, in the end, she only reveals that she has doubt about god, and the church because amy adams nun reveals that she can no longer sleep. Doubt 210 movie clip i am concerned 2008 hd youtube. In 1964 the winds of change are sweeping through sister aloysius meryl streep st. Sister aloysius meryl streep slowly pulls out the truth about father flynns philip seymour hoffman meeting with young donald. Dec 12, 2008 the air is thick with paranoia in doubt, but nowhere as thick, juicy, sustained or sustaining as meryl streeps performance as a distrustful nun in john patrick shanleys screen. Jan 20, 2009 this is cinema at its best it treats us as intelligent.
Amy adams and meryl streep in doubt 2008, adapted from john patrick shanleys pultizer prizewinning play, about a bronx nun streep who suspects that her parish priest is guilty of sexual. A catholic school principal questions a priests ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student. Meryl streep, amy adams, viola davis, philip syemour hoffman doubt movie director. Meryl streeps performance as the stern, intimidating and bold principal sister aloysius beauvier gave her critical acclaim. Doubt 2008 meryl streep as sister aloysius beauvier imdb. Feb 05, 2009 amy adams and meryl streep in doubt h ere is a movie about a startling issue that has so far not been debated on newsnight or the today programme. Based on the pulitzer prize and tony awardwinning play, doubt is a mesmerizing, suspensefilled drama with riveting performances from meryl streep, phillip seymour hoffman, amy adams, and viola davis that will have you pinned to the edge of your seat. Starring meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman and amy adams. Academy award winning screenwriter john patrick shanley moonstruck adapted his own play for the screen and directs doubt, starring meryl streep, philip seymour hoffman, amy adams and viola. Its set in 1964, as a nun suspects a priest of molesting a boy. Doubt received 5 oscar nominations in 2009, including for best actress meryl streep, best supporting actor philip seymor hoffman, two nomination for best supporting actress amy adams and viola davis as well as best screenplay john patrick shanley. When the principal meryl streep of a bronx catholic high school accuses a popular priest philip seymour hoffman of pedophilia, a young nun caught in between the feuding pair becomes hopelessly swept up in the ensuing controversy.
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