Doubt (2008)
Releasing at December 12, 2008 in theaters.
Drama, Mystery
Doubt is a American period drama film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning 2004 stage play Doubt: A Parable. The film Primiered at 30 October 2008 on AFI Fest. Produced by Scott Rudin, the film takes place in a Roman Catholic elementary school named for St. Nicholas led by Sister Aloysius. Sister James tells Aloysius that Father Flynn might have too much personal attention with the school’s only black student Donald Miller, thus leading to Aloysius starting a crusade against Flynn. The film also features Viola Davis as Donald Miller’s mother, Mrs. Miller.
In 1964 at a Catholic church in The Bronx, New York, Father Brendan Flynn gives a sermon on the nature of doubt, noting that it, like faith, can be a unifying force. Sister Aloysius, the strict principal of the church’s parish school, becomes concerned when she sees a boy pull away from Flynn in the school courtyard. She instructs her Sisters to be alert to suspicious activity in the school.
Sister James, a young and naive teacher, receives a request for Donald Miller, an altar boy and the school’s only African-American student, to meet Flynn in the rectory. Donald returns to class visibly upset, and James notices the smell of alcohol on his breath. Later, she sees Flynn placing an undershirt in Donald’s locker. She reports her suspicions to Aloysius.
Aloysius and James confront Flynn. Flynn denies wrongdoing, claiming Donald had been caught drinking communion wine and that he called him to dismiss him as an altar boy. James is relieved by Flynn’s explanation, but Aloysius is not convinced.
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Writers: John Patrick Shanley
Stars: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Alice Drummond, Audrie Neenan, Susan Blommaert
►Cast:
| Meryl Streep | … | Sister Aloysius Beauvier |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | … | Father Brendan Flynn |
| Amy Adams | … | Sister James |
| Viola Davis | … | Mrs. Miller |
| Alice Drummond | … | Sister Veronica |
| Audrie Neenan | … | Sister Raymond |
| Susan Blommaert | … | Mrs. Carson |
| Carrie Preston | … | Christine Hurley |
| John Costelloe | … | Warren Hurley |
| Lloyd Clay Brown | … | Jimmy Hurley |
| Joseph Foster | … | Donald Miller |
| Mike Roukis | … | William London |
| Haklar Dezso | … | Zither Player |
| Frank Shanley | … | Kevin |
| Robert Ridgell | … | Organist |
| Sarah Giovanniello | … | Choir Singer |
| Katie Shelnitz | … | Choir Singer |
| Aaron O’Neill | … | Choir Singer |
| Thomas J. Meehan | … | Choir Singer |
| Abigail L. Dyer | … | Choir Singer |
| Samantha Chadbourne | … | Choir Singer |
| Christina Angelina Celone | … | Choir Singer |
| Melissa Viezel | … | Choir Singer |
| Emily Swimmer | … | Choir Singer |
| Katelyn Snell | … | Choir Singer |
| Shayne Fischman | … | Choir Singer |
| Coby D. Moran | … | Choir Singer |
| Alannah Iacovano | … | Girl in Church |
| Frank Dolce | … | Ralph |
| Paulie Litt | … | Tommy Conroy |
| Matthew Marvin | … | Raymond |
| Bridget Megan Clark | … | Noreen Horan |
| Philip Post | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Thomas J. Kennedy | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Thomas A. Varrone | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Sabrina Costa | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Samantha Buczek | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Gabriella Renne DiMaria | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Ariana Silvestro | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Michele Ciago | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Anna Lonczak | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Brandy Panfili | … | Sister James’ Student |
| Molly Chiffer | … | Sarah |
| Lydia Jordan | … | Alice |
| Suzanne Hevner | … | Mrs. Kean |
| Helen Stenborg | … | Sister Teresa |
| Tom Toner | … | Monsignor Benedict |
| Michael Puzzo | … | Father Sherman |
| Margery Beddow | … | Mrs. Shields |
| Jack O’Connell | … | Mr. McGuinn |
| Marylouise Burke | … | Mrs. Deakins |
| Valda Setterfield | … | Parishioner |
| Gerard Adimando | … | Parishioner |
| George Aloi | … | Parishioner |
| James P. Anderson | … | Parishioner |
| Jackie Brown | … | Parishioner |
| Jonathan Castillo | … | Parishioner |
| Tom Coughlin | … | Church Goer |
| Jennifer Lauren DiBella | … | Congregation Member |
| Seth Donavan | … | Church Patron |
| Amanda Florian | … | Student |
| Brianna Leann Florian | … | Student |
| Tiffany Ashley Florian | … | Student |
| Brian Hopson | … | Church Patron |
| Evan Lewis | … | Parishioner |
| Bernadette Lords | … | Church Patron |
| Jenny Paul | … | Parishioner |
| Robert Shulman | … | Church Parishioner |
| Felicia Tassone | … | Church Patron |
| Steph Van Vlack | … | Church Patron |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia