Spotlight (movie)
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| Directed by | Tom McCarthy |
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| Cinematography | Masanobu Takayanagi |
| Edited by | Tom McArdle |
| Music by | Howard Shore |
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Running time | 128 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million[2] |
| Box office | $98.7 million |
Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama movie directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer.[3][4] The movie is about The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, the oldest operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States,[5] and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by many Roman Catholic priests.
It is based on a series of stories by the "Spotlight" team that earned The Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.[6] The movie stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, Billy Crudup and Richard Jenkins with Len Cariou as Cardinal Bernard Francis Law.[7]
The movie was released on November 6, 2015, by Open Road Films and grossed $92 million worldwide. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2016.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "SPOTLIGHT (15)". British Board of Film Classification. October 27, 2015. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ↑ Jada Yuan (November 3, 2015). "Watching the Watchers: Tom McCarthy on Making Spotlight". Vulture. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (August 8, 2014). "Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton in Talks for Catholic Priest Sex Abuse Scandal Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Participant Media's "Spotlight" Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel Mcadams, Liev Schreiber And Stanley Tucci Goes To Camera In Boston Before Lensing In Toronto". 3BL Media. September 25, 2014. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ↑ Allen, Scott (June 22, 2012). "A distinguished history of digging up the truth". Boston Globe. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation". Pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ↑ Sneider, Jeff (August 8, 2014). "Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams in Talks to Star in Catholic Church Sex Scandal Drama (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
