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The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Director

Tom McCarthy

Year

Genre

biography, crime, drama

Box Office

$45,055,776

Production

Participant,Anonymous Content,Rocklin / Faust,First Look Media,Open Road Films

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 124 wins & 144 nominations total

Homepage

http://www.spotlightthefilm.com

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Mike Rezendes

Walter 'Robby' Robinson

Sacha Pfeiffer

Marty Baron

Ben Bradlee Jr.

Matt Carroll

Brian d'Arcy James

Mitchell Garabedian

Barbara

Steve Kurkjian

Peter Canellos

Helen Donovan

Sharon McFarlane

Jim Sullivan

Phil Saviano

Eric Macleish

Court Clerk Mark

Robert B. Kennedy

Hansi Kalkofen

Paul Burke

Brian Chamberlain

Joe Crowley

Michael Cyril Creighton

Pete Conley

Richard Gilman

Michael Countryman

Young Cop

Cop in Coffee Shop

Sports Editor

Bishop

Linda

Garabedian's Receptionist (as Paloma Nunez)

Paloma NuÃ±ez

Judge Volterra

Jack Dunn

Jon Albano

Receptionist at Judge's Chambers

Paulette Sinclair

Judge Sweeney

Laurie Heineman

Guest List Woman

Maryetta Dussourd

Female Editor (as Wendy Merry McCarthy)

Intern

Sacha's Grandmother

Middle Age Priest at St. Peter's

Middle Aged Man

Older Cop

Eileen McNamara

Maureen Keiller

Patrick McSorley (as James LeBlanc)

Principal Bill Kemeza

Waiter at Gala

Wilson Rogers

Intern Wanda

Zarrin Darnell-Martin

Young Reporter

Jim's Wife

Stewart

Mairtin O'Carrigan

Herald Reporter Quimby (as Rob De Leeuw)

Jane Paquin

Nancy E. Carroll

Kevin

Anthony Paolucci

Lisa Tuite

Ronald Paquin

Richard O'Rourke

Cardinal Law

Clerk O'Brian

Sheila

Stefanie Drummond

Weeping Man

Rectory Priest

Richard Fitzpatrick

Disgruntled Man

Library Security

Woman Interviewee

Angry Man

Older Southie Woman

Receptionist

Receptionist

Shannon McDonough

Girl at Garabedian's

Boy at Garabedian's

Mother at Garabedian's

Bad Priest

Boston Globe Security Guard (as Bruce Serafin)

Bruce-Robert Serafin

Angry Man's Sister (as Donna Jahier)

Donna Sue Jahier

Red Sox Announcer (voice)

Edward Brickley

Husband at Church

Baseball Fan

Giovanni Alabiso

Veronica

Restaurant Patron

Pedestrian

Michael Balzano III

Passerby

Man on Bike / Pedestrian

David S. Bookbinder

Parishioner

Newspaper Employee

Reporter at Boston Globe after 9 / 11

Ben Bradlee Jr.

Business Man / Student

Baseball Fan

Baseball Fan

Joe Jafo Carriere

Senior Editor

James Chilli Chillingworth

Globe Employee

Boston Globe Reporter

Photographer

Jeffrey Corazzini

Restaurant Patron

Boy / Victim at Police Station

Jack Spencer Day

Pedestrian in Crosswalk

Chris De Christopher

Boston Globe Employee

Red Sox Fan

Male Informant at Door

Pedestrian

Boston Red Sox Fan

Globe Reporter

Pedestrian

Baseball Fan

Business Man

Businessman

Parishioner / Globe

Elaine Victoria Grey

Church member / Globe worker (BG)

Pedestrian

Boston Globe reporter,Percision driver

Newsroom / Dining Patron

Becky Burne Harvey

Boston Globe Staff

Rosemary Howard

Pedestrian

Richard Sipe

Richard Jenkins

Red Sox Fan

Librarian

Boston Reporter

Paralegal

Master Chef

Baseball Fan

Playground Kid

Passerby

Driver / Fenway Fan

Cafeteria Patron

Pedestrian

Driver

Girl on School Bus

Josette Oberton

Street Driver

Joseph Oliveira

Boston Globe Reporter / precision driver

Richard Pacheco

Parishioner

Police Officer

Baseball Spectator

Red Sox Fan

Neighborhood Parent

Baseball Spectator

Michael Rezendes

Baseball Spectator

Walter Robinson

Pedestrian

Business Woman

Lawyer

Red Sox Fan

Mary Jane Brennan Sangiolo

Church Boy

Fenway Fan

Boston Globe Employee

David Struffolino

Red Sox Fan

Michael Steven Swanson

Parishoner / Red Sox Fan

Boston Globe Intern

Carl 'CJ' Tempesta

Elaine Carroll

Extra character

Globe Staff

George J. Vezina

Baseball Fan

Red Sox Fan

Peter Lewis Walsh

Pedestrian

Maureen

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Look I get it no one wants to readabout kids getting raped by priestsEspecially nowBut you asked a lot of people to relivesome very painful experiencesand you just disappearPhil you know why we were taken off of the storyIt's been six weeks since 9 11I - Spotlight

Look I get it no one wants to readabout kids getting raped...

Why bother asking? - Spotlight

Why bother asking?

Hey. How's South Beach? Boynton Beach. Remarkably different place. What's up? Mitch Garabedian calle - Spotlight

Hey. How's South Beach? Boynton Beach. Remarkably...

Robby, after we saw Macleish, I started going back through the clips, and I had a little time last week finally. - Spotlight

Robby, after we saw Macleish, I started going back through...

That it? - Spotlight

So, I was probably a few years after you, right? - Spotlight

So, I was probably a few years after you, right?

How'd you find out? - Spotlight

How'd you find out?

And I never even told my wife. - Spotlight

And I never even told my wife.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! - Spotlight

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

This is the Geoghan case? - Spotlight

This is the Geoghan case?

I graduated in 1979 and I had no idea about any of thisSo if you're suggesting that Father Gibbons and Father Callahanhad in any wayGibbons and CallahanI mean they ran this place like the navyDo you really think they didn't knowIt's a big school Robby You - Spotlight

I graduated in 1979 and I had no idea about any of thisSo if...

Is that why we're here, to get on the same page? - Spotlight

Is that why we're here, to get on the same page?

Does Jack Dunn work for the school? - Spotlight

Does Jack Dunn work for the school?

Judge Volterra? - Spotlight

Judge Volterra?

You can't take those. - Spotlight

You can't take those.

Look, I'll give you 83 bucks to use yours. - Spotlight

Look, I'll give you 83 bucks to use yours.

Robby it's incredibleLaw knew about Geoghan for years no questionThere's a letter to Law from a woman Margaret Gallantwho lived in Jamaica Plain in the early '80s when Geoghan was thereListen to thisOur family is rooted in the Churchour desire is to - Spotlight

Robby it's incredibleLaw knew about Geoghan for years...

Why not We got Law This is itNo this is Law covering for one priestThere's another 90 out thereYeah and we'll print that story when we get itbut we gotta go with this nowNo I'm not going to rush this story MikeWe don't have a choice RobbyIf we don't rush - Spotlight

Why not We got Law This is itNo this is Law covering for one...

They knew and they let it happen To kids - Spotlight

They knew and they let it happen To kids

Hey, Hansi. - Spotlight

Here. Thank you. I don't know why I got so pissed off. You know, I think Robby's wrong. You know, yo - Spotlight

Here. Thank you. I don't know why I got so pissed off....

I don't know why I got so pissed offYou know I think Robby's wrongYou know you're justYou care about the story Mike We all doYeah I guess MmmI stopped going to church with my NanaIt was It was too hardYou know I'd be sitting thereand I'd start thinking - Spotlight

I don't know why I got so pissed offYou know I think...

It really pisses me off. - Spotlight

It really pisses me off.

I think I... - Spotlight

Looks like a long dayHey Pete I'm sorry to make it longer - Spotlight

Looks like a long dayHey Pete I'm sorry to make it...

Has anyone ever said no to a drink with you PeteWell sure But the trick is to keep asking - Spotlight

Has anyone ever said no to a drink with you PeteWell sure...

You knowyou got a lot of people here who respect you Robbythe work you doThat's good to knowYou know it's because you care about this placeIt's why you do what you do It's who you areYou know but people need the Churchmore than ever right nowYou know you - Spotlight

You knowyou got a lot of people here who respect you...

This is how it happens, isn't it, Pete? - Spotlight

This is how it happens, isn't it, Pete?

Robby. What? No shit. When? Okay. Yeah. - Spotlight

Robby. What? No shit. When? Okay. Yeah.

Hey! What's up? Sweeney ruled in our favor. She ruled to unseal the documents. Jeez! - Spotlight

Hey! What's up? Sweeney ruled in our favor. She ruled...

The Church has already filed an appeal, but the trial court ruling is generally upheld in these matters. - Spotlight

The Church has already filed an appeal, but the trial court...

These are substantialThey clearly show that Law was negligentI need more time I wanna keep diggingFor what This is the goddamn storyIt's not the whole storyTough shit We're on a clock nowEven if we don't run Sweeney's rulinganother paper could find these - Spotlight

These are substantialThey clearly show that Law was...

I wanna keep digging - Spotlight

I wanna keep digging

Look I'm close to stories on 70 priestsWe nail that along with those lettersthis is proof this is bigger than LawIt's the whole systemYou have multiple sources confirming all those priestsOn some I can get moreToo risky If we're not buttoned up on every - Spotlight

Look I'm close to stories on 70 priestsWe nail that...

Rezendes needs time to write the story. - Spotlight

Rezendes needs time to write the story.

Oh, Robby. - Spotlight

Karen, can you give us a minute? - Spotlight

Karen, can you give us a minute?

I'm out of time, Jim. - Spotlight

I'm out of time, Jim.

I was doing my jobYeahYou and everyone else - Spotlight

I was doing my jobYeahYou and everyone else

Hey! You come to my home and lay this shit on me! You were right, Robby. We all knew somethin' was g - Spotlight

Hey! You come to my home and lay this shit on me! You were...

Larry, we're going to press in six hours. - Spotlight

Larry, we're going to press in six hours.

Anything Law just turned us downJesus ChristI just got off the phone with Donna MorriseyShe said quote we don't even want to knowwhat the questions are end quoteShe really said that YeahWell that oughta do itThe Church had no interestin knowing what the - Spotlight

Anything Law just turned us downJesus ChristI just got off...

Um... Can I say something here? Sometimes it's easy to forget that we spend most of our time stumbli - Spotlight

Um... Can I say something here? Sometimes it's easy to...

Sometimes it's easy to forgetthat we spend most of our time stumbling around in the darkSuddenly a light gets turned onand there's a fair share of blame to go aroundI can't speak to what happened before I arrivedbut um all of you have done some very good - Spotlight

Sometimes it's easy to forgetthat we spend most of our...

I, uh, just got a call from the Cardinal. - Spotlight

I, uh, just got a call from the Cardinal.

Sacha, can I have a drink of water? - Spotlight

Sacha, can I have a drink of water?

Can I keep this? - Spotlight

Can I keep this?

Both kids were abused. - Spotlight

Both kids were abused.

Hey. Morning. How'd you sleep? Not very well. You? I haven't slept well for months. Mmm. Oh, thanks. - Spotlight

Hey. Morning. How'd you sleep? Not very well. You? I...

Spotlight. - Spotlight

Spotlight - Spotlight

You do know it's Sunday, right? - Spotlight

You do know it's Sunday, right?

No picketers. - Spotlight

Hey LindaIt's quiet huhYeah easiest overtime I ever madePhone hasn't rung onceMarty sent two of mine down to SpotlightGreat article guys Thank you - Spotlight

Hey LindaIt's quiet huhYeah easiest overtime I ever...

- Great article, guys. - Spotlight

- Great article, guys.

Okay. Send him over. Spotlight, can I help you? Phones have been ringing all morning. Mike, can you - Spotlight

Okay. Send him over. Spotlight, can I help you? Phones have...

It's very tough to talk about, I know... - Spotlight

It's very tough to talk about, I know...

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The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Tom McCarthy

Writer: Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy

Production: Participant,Anonymous Content,Rocklin / Faust,First Look Media,Open Road Films

Genre: biography, crime, drama

Year: 2015

MetaScore: 93/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: $45,055,776

Released: 20 Nov 2015

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 124 wins & 144 nominations total

Homepage: http://www.spotlightthefilm.com

Also watch: Room, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Steve Jobs, Brooklyn, The Danish Girl, The Revenant, Trumbo, The Martian, The Hateful Eight, Creed, Carol, Birdman, Deadpool, The King's Speech, Whiplash, 45 Years, Argo, The Kids Are All Right, Joy