Spotlight /

Spotlight / directed by Tom McCarthy ; written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy ; produced by Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust ; Open Road Films ; in association with Participant Media and First Look Media ; an Anonymous Content production ; a Rocklin/Faust production. - 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - DVD video 4 3/4 in.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015. Special features: A spotlight team roundtable ; behind-the-scenes featurette ; featurette on the state of journalism.

Director of photography, Masanobu Takayanagi ; production designer, Stephen Carter ; editor, Tom McArdle ; music, Howard Shore. Director of photography, Masanobu Takayanagi ; production designer, Stephen Carter ; editor, Tom McArdle ; music, Howard Shore.

Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian D'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup, Paul Guilfoyle, Jamey Sheridan, Len Cariou, Neal Huff.

When the newspaper's tenacious 'Spotlight' team of reporters delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment.

MPAA rating: R; for some language including sexual references.


DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1, dual layer.


In English, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, 2016: Best motion picture of the year; Best writing - original screenplay. Seattle Film Critics Awards, 2016: Best Ensemble Cast. Screen Actors Guild Avards, 2016: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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Catholic Church--Clergy--Drama.


Boston globe--Drama.


Investigative reporting--Drama.
Child sexual abuse--Drama.


Boston (Mass.)--Drama.


Historical films
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

PN1997.2 / .S66 2016

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