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Spotlight

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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The mother's bawling and the uncle's pissed offShe's not marriedDivorced with four kidsI guess Father was helping outHelping outHey Mr Burke they're in back talking to the bishopAnd Father We put him in the break roomAny pressSome guy from the Citizen but - Spotlight

The mother's bawling and the uncle's pissed...

Did everyone read Eileen McNamara's column this weekendThat's the Geoghan caseYeah what's the folo on thatIt's a column what kind of folo were you thinkingUh well apparently this priest molested kidsin six different parishes over the last 30 yearsand the - Spotlight

Did everyone read Eileen McNamara's column this...

Everybody's gonna be interested in this - Spotlight

Everybody's gonna be interested in this

So when do you leave, Nana? - Spotlight

So when do you leave, Nana?

Hey, Lisa. - Spotlight

Marty, Lake Street will probably contact you about a face-to-face with the Cardinal. - Spotlight

Marty, Lake Street will probably contact you about a...

Hello? Can I help you? Oh, hi. I'm Mike Rezendes from The Boston Globe. I'm here to see Mitchell Gar - Spotlight

Hello? Can I help you? Oh, hi. I'm Mike Rezendes from...

Okay. Bill! Where the hell are those papers? I asked you to put 'em on my desk! - Spotlight

Okay. Bill! Where the hell are those papers? I asked you to...

Hey, Bill, here's the case files from yesterday. - Spotlight

Hey, Bill, here's the case files from yesterday.

I don't want you recording this in any way shape or form - Spotlight

I don't want you recording this in any way shape or...

I know there's things you cannot tell people - Spotlight

I know there's things you cannot tell people

I already talked to the PhoenixYeah and there's a reason I didn't see itNobody reads the Phoenix anymoreThey're broke They don't have any powerThe Globe doesIf we cover this story everybody will hear about itThe Church thinks in centuries Mr RezendesDo - Spotlight

I already talked to the PhoenixYeah and there's a...

Sharon? - Spotlight

Put it over here. - Spotlight

Put it over here.

Hey. Hey. Shouldn't you be golfing or something? Golfing's not a verb. And I couldn't get a tee time - Spotlight

Hey. Hey. Shouldn't you be golfing or something?...

So why are you here today? - Spotlight

So why are you here today?

So just ignore those guysI think we've got to start ignoring everybody on this oneI'm good with that - Spotlight

So just ignore those guysI think we've got to start...

I think we've got to start ignoring everybody on this one. - Spotlight

I think we've got to start ignoring everybody on this...

Do you think Marty has any idea what's coming down the pike? - Spotlight

Do you think Marty has any idea what's coming down the...

But if I can be of any help Marty don't hesitate to askI find that the city flourisheswhen its great institutions work togetherThank youPersonally I'm of the opinion that for a paper to best perform its functionit really needs to stand alone - Spotlight

But if I can be of any help Marty don't hesitate to...

I'm here to see Sacha Pfeiffer. - Spotlight

I'm here to see Sacha Pfeiffer.

I was 11and I was preyed upon by Father David Holley in WorcesterAnd I don't mean prayed for I mean preyed upon - Spotlight

I was 11and I was preyed upon by Father David Holley in...

When you're a poor kid from a poor family religion counts for a lotAnd when a priest pays attention to you it's a big deal - Spotlight

When you're a poor kid from a poor family religion...

How do you say no to God right - Spotlight

How do you say no to God right

It is important to understand that this is not just physical abuseit's spiritual abuse tooAnd when a priest does this to you he robs you of your faithSo you reach for the bottle or the needleOr if those don't work you jump off a bridgeThat's why we call - Spotlight

It is important to understand that this is not just physical...

You guys gotta understandthis is bigThis is not just Boston It's the whole country It's the whole worldAnd it goes right up to the Vatican - Spotlight

You guys gotta understandthis is bigThis is not just Boston...

You know 13 priests in Boston who have molested childrenYeah why do you keep repeating everything I sayI just like to clarify thingsMaybe you should have clarified it five years agowhen I sent you all of this stuffIt's all right hereMay I use your - Spotlight

You know 13 priests in Boston who have molested childrenYeah...

May I use your bathroom? - Spotlight

May I use your bathroom?

Well, what do you think? - Spotlight

Well, what do you think?

Mitchell, what a surprise. - Spotlight

Mitchell, what a surprise.

Come back tomorrow. - Spotlight

Come back tomorrow.

Ms. Pfeiffer? Joe? Hi. Oh, shoot. Oh, that's okay. Sorry. No, no problem. Please sit. Thank you. Is - Spotlight

Ms. Pfeiffer? Joe? Hi. Oh, shoot. Oh, that's okay....

Joe, I think that the language is going to be so important here. - Spotlight

Joe, I think that the language is going to be so important...

We should probably get these to go. - Spotlight

We should probably get these to go.

You really want to hear this shit? - Spotlight

You really want to hear this shit?

He offers to take me to get ice cream. - Spotlight

He offers to take me to get ice cream.

You know, I never even touched my ice cream. - Spotlight

You know, I never even touched my ice cream.

Did you, um... - Spotlight

I'm sorry. - Spotlight

Joe did you ever try and tell anyoneLike who A priest - Spotlight

Joe did you ever try and tell anyoneLike who A priest

He's one of the lucky ones. - Spotlight

He's one of the lucky ones.

Do you want a cup of tea, Sacha? - Spotlight

Do you want a cup of tea, Sacha?

Okay. Okay. Good. Thank you. - Spotlight

Okay. Okay. Good. Thank you.

We understand you've settled several cases against each of them - Spotlight

We understand you've settled several cases against each...

Most of these folks they just want some acknowledgmentof what happenedWe got 'em a sit down with the bishop and a little doughand that's the best they could hope forWell it's certainly the best the priests could hope for - Spotlight

Most of these folks they just want some acknowledgmentof...

Do you guys need anything else? - Spotlight

Do you guys need anything else?

So it is 13 priestsYeah Looks that wayHoly shit - Spotlight

So it is 13 priestsYeah Looks that wayHoly shit

I'm sorry. - Spotlight

Your new editor he's a Jew rightOh that's right yeah Yeah seehe comes in and suddenly everybody's interested in the ChurchYou know whyBecause it takes an outsider like me - Spotlight

Your new editor he's a Jew rightOh that's right...

I'm ArmenianHow many Armenians do you know in BostonSteve Kurkjian works at the GlobeOh that's two You should get a prize or something - Spotlight

I'm ArmenianHow many Armenians do you know in...

This city, these people, making the rest of us feel like we don't belong. - Spotlight

This city, these people, making the rest of us feel like we...

If it takes a village to raise a child - Spotlight

If it takes a village to raise a child

Hey, here he is. - Spotlight

Hey, here he is.

How many of these cases have you been involved with? - Spotlight

How many of these cases have you been involved with?

I've been through a lot of these nowSick leave isn't the only designation they usewhen they take one of these priests out of circulationThey use a slew of terms Absent on leaveunassigned emergency responseThey got a word for everything these guys Hmm - Spotlight

I've been through a lot of these nowSick leave...

I think if you really want to understand the crisisyou need to start with the celibacy requirementThat was my first major findingOnly 50 of the clergy are celibateNow most of them are having sex with other adultsBut the fact remains that this creates a - Spotlight

I think if you really want to understand the crisisyou need...

Oh absolutely After the first major scandal in LouisianaTom Doyle the secretary canonist for the papal nuncioco authored a report warning pedophile priestswere a billion dollar liabilityThat was in 1985 - Spotlight

Oh absolutely After the first major scandal in LouisianaTom...

Six percent is 90 - Spotlight

Six percent is 90

Ninety fucking priests In BostonThat's what he saidIf there were 90 of these bastards people would knowMaybe they doAnd no one said a thingGood GermansI don't think that's a comparison you want to make publically - Spotlight

Ninety fucking priests In BostonThat's what he saidIf...

Library is closing. - Spotlight

Library is closing.

- Talbot. - Spotlight

Holy shit RobbyThat's three off Sipe's estimate That's incredibleRobbyHow many Eighty sevenEighty seven priests in BostonCall Macleish I wanna talk to him Okay - Spotlight

Holy shit RobbyThat's three off Sipe's estimate...

Hey, Robby. - Spotlight

Robby, Macleish's assistant said he's all booked up, he can't see us. - Spotlight

Robby, Macleish's assistant said he's all booked...

You know what, I'll catch up with you, okay? - Spotlight

You know what, I'll catch up with you, okay?

Are you threatening me - Spotlight

Are you threatening me

We've got two stories hereWe've got a story about degenerate clergyand we've got a story about a bunch of lawyersturning child abuse into a cottage industryNow which story do you want us to write'Cause we're writing one of them - Spotlight

We've got two stories hereWe've got a story about...

I already sent you a list of namesWhat're you talking about To whomThe Globe Years agoAfter the Porter case I got plenty of callsI had 20 priests in Boston alonebut I couldn't go after them without the pressSo I sent you guys a list of names and you - Spotlight

I already sent you a list of namesWhat're you talking...

Richard do you still go to massNo No I haven't been to church for some time nowBut I still consider myself a CatholicHow does that workWell the church is an institution MikeMade of menIt's passing My faith is in the eternalI try to separate the two - Spotlight

Richard do you still go to massNo No I haven't been to...

Who is it? - Spotlight

I had dinner at Santarpio's, had some leftovers. - Spotlight

I had dinner at Santarpio's, had some leftovers.

We got 87 names. - Spotlight

We got 87 names.

Oh, hey, Ben. - Spotlight

This is unbelievable. - Spotlight

This is unbelievable.

That's just law being law - Spotlight

That's just law being law

I think that's the bigger story. - Spotlight

I think that's the bigger story.

We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests. - Spotlight

We need to focus on the institution, not the individual...

We're going after the system. - Spotlight

We're going after the system.

I uh got one of those treatment centersa block from my houseWe got neighbors with kidsI know that the work we do is confidential but I'm feeling likeI should tell 'emWe'll tell 'em soonYou sureYeah Okay - Spotlight

I uh got one of those treatment centersa block from my...

We'll tell 'em soon. - Spotlight

We'll tell 'em soon.

Hi. Hi. I'm Sacha Pfeiffer from The Boston Globe. Yeah, what do you want? I'd like to speak with Tho - Spotlight

Hi. Hi. I'm Sacha Pfeiffer from The Boston Globe. Yeah,...

There was a lot of pressure to keep quiet. - Spotlight

There was a lot of pressure to keep quiet.

Beat you to the end of the street! - Spotlight

Beat you to the end of the street!

Could you please clarify the Globe's position for me, Mr. - Spotlight

Could you please clarify the Globe's position for me,...

He didn't try and hide it at allHe had this really odd rationalization for itLike it was totally normalto fool around with little boysI'd really like to go back I think he'd talk to usOh we willJust not yetI want you to stay focused on the victims right - Spotlight

He didn't try and hide it at allHe had this really odd...

Three years ago I get a call from an ex priestAnthony BenzevichHe was at Blessed Sacrament back in '62and he saw Geoghantaking little boys up to the rectory bedroom okaySo he's appalled all rightTells the bishop about itThe bishop threatens to reassign - Spotlight

Three years ago I get a call from an ex priestAnthony...

Mitch are you telling me that the Catholic Churchremoved legal documents from that courthouseLook I'm not crazy I'm not paranoidI'm experiencedCheck the docket You'll seeThey control everything - Spotlight

Mitch are you telling me that the Catholic Churchremoved...

Docket entry number 49, it's in the Geoghan case. - Spotlight

Docket entry number 49, it's in the Geoghan case.

- Robby. - Hey, it's me. - Spotlight

- Robby. - Hey, it's me.

...whether this was truly an accident or someone committed an intentional act. - Spotlight

...whether this was truly an accident or someone committed...

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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.

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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

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