Spotlight

Resource Information

The work Spotlight represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Spotlight

Statement of responsibility

Open Road Films presents ; in association with Participant Media and First Look Media ; an Anonymous Content production ; a Rocklin/Faust production ; directed by Tom McCarthy ; written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy ; produced by Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust

Contributor

• Tucci, Stanley
• Anonymous Content (Firm)
• First Look Media (Firm)
• Open Road Films
• Participant Media
• Rocklin/Faust (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Cariou, Len
• Carter, Stephen
• Crudup, Billy, 1968-
• Faust, Blye Pagon
• Golin, Steve
• Guilfoyle, Paul
• Huff, Neal
• James, Brian D'Arcy
• Keaton, Michael, 1951-
• McAdams, Rachel, 1978-
• McArdle, Tom, (Film editor)
• McCarthy, Tom, 1966-
• Rocklin, Nicole, 1979-
• Ruffalo, Mark
• Schreiber, Liev
• Sheridan, Jamey
• Shore, Howard
• Singer, Josh
• Slattery, John, 1962-
• Sugar, Michael
• Takayanagi, Masanobu

Actor

• Huff, Neal
• Slattery, John, 1962-
• Tucci, Stanley
• Crudup, Billy, 1968-
• Ruffalo, Mark
• Schreiber, Liev
• McAdams, Rachel, 1978-
• James, Brian D'Arcy
• Sheridan, Jamey
• Cariou, Len
• Guilfoyle, Paul
• Keaton, Michael, 1951-

Director of photography

• Takayanagi, Masanobu

Editor of moving image work

• McArdle, Tom, (Film editor)

Film director

• McCarthy, Tom, 1966-

Film producer

• Golin, Steve
• Rocklin, Nicole, 1979-
• Sugar, Michael
• Faust, Blye Pagon

Presenter

• Participant Media
• First Look Media (Firm)
• Open Road Films

Production company

• Anonymous Content (Firm)
• Rocklin/Faust (Firm)

Production designer

• Carter, Stephen

Publisher

• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)

Screenwriter

• McCarthy, Tom, 1966-
• Singer, Josh

Subject

• Fiction films
• Boston (Mass.) -- Drama
• Boston globe -- Drama
• Catholic Church -- Clergy | Sexual behavior -- Drama
• Child sexual abuse -- Drama
• Feature films
• Biographical films
• Historical films
• Investigative reporting -- Drama
• Journalism films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Historical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Journalism films
• Biographical films
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. 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

Awards note

• Academy Awards, 2016: Best motion picture of the year and Best writing, original screenplay.
• Screen Actors Guild, 2016: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

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

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for some language including sexual references

Language note

Closed-captioned in English, with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

129

Technique

live action