Product Description

From Miramax Films comes one of the most honored and acclaimed motion pictures of the year, DOUBT. Based on the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play, DOUBT is a mesmerizing, suspense-filled drama with four riveting performances from Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis that will have you pinned to the edge of your seat. Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Streep), the rigid and fear-inspiring principal of the Saint Nicholas Church School, suffers an extreme dislike for the progressive and popular parish priest Father Flynn (Hoffman). Looking for wrongdoing in every corner, Sister Aloysius believes she's uncovered the ultimate sin when she hears Father Flynn has taken a special interest in a troubled boy. But without proof, the only thing certain is doubt. Nominated for 5 Golden Globes(R) and 6 Critics' Choice awards, there is no DOUBT it is "One of the best pictures of the year," (USA Today, Rolling Stone, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner, Roger Ebert).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4562 in DVD
• Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
• Published on: 2009-04-01
• Released on: 2009-04-07
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 104 minutes

Amazon.com
It's always a risk when writers direct their own work, since some playwrights don't travel well from stage to screen. Aided by Roger Deakins, of No Country for Old Men fame, who vividly captures the look of a blustery Bronx winter, Moonstruck's John Patrick Shanley pulls it off. If Doubt makes for a dialogue-heavy experience, like The Crucible and 12 Angry Men, the words and ideas are never dull, and a consummate cast makes each one count. Set in 1964 and loosely inspired by actual events, Shanley focuses on St. Nicholas, a Catholic primary school that has accepted its first African-American student, Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), who serves as altar boy to the warm-hearted Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Donald may not have any friends, but that doesn't worry his mother, Mrs. Miller (Viola Davis in a scene-stealing performance), since her sole concern is that her son gets a good education. When Sister James (Amy Adams) notices Flynn concentrating more of his attentions on Miller than the other boys, she mentions the matter to Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), the school's hard-nosed principal. Looking for any excuse to push the progressive priest out of her tradition-minded institution, Sister Aloysius sets out to destroy him, and if that means ruining Donald's future in the process--so be it. Naturally, she's the least sympathetic combatant in this battle, but Streep invests her disciplinarian with wit and unexpected flashes of empathy. Of all the characters she's played, Sister Aloysius comes closest to caricature, but she never feels like a cartoon; just a sad woman willing to do anything to hold onto what little she has before the forces of change render her--and everything she represents--redundant. --Kathleen C. Fennessy


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Review
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including Meryl Streep's record-setting 15th Oscar nomination (Best Performance by an Actress), Doubt continues to wow audiences and critics alike.

2009 Academy Awards
Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Philip Seymour Hoffman
Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Meryl Streep
Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams
Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Viola Davis
Nominated Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published John Patrick Shanley

2009 Art Directors Guild
Nominated Excellence in Production Design Award Period Films David Gropman (production designer)

2009 BAFTA Awards
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Leading Actress Meryl Streep
Nominated Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman
Nominated Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams

2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Winner Critics Choice Award Best Actress Meryl Streep
Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Nominated Best Picture
Nominated Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman
Nominated Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis
Nominated Best Writer John Patrick Shanley

2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Nominated Best Actress Meryl Streep
Nominated Best Screenplay, Adapted John Patrick Shanley
Nominated Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman
Nominated Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams
Nominated Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis

2008 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Winner Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis

2009 Golden Globes
Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Philip Seymour Hoffman
Nominated Best Performance by an Actress Drama Meryl Streep
Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams
Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Viola Davis
Nominated Best Screenplay John Patrick Shanley

2009 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
Winner Best Actress Meryl Streep

2009 London Critics Circle Film Awards
Nominated Actress of the Year Meryl Streep

2008 National Board of Review
Winner Best Breakthrough Performance Female Viola Davis
Winner Best Ensemble

2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Winner Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Meryl Streep
Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep
Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Amy Adams
Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Viola Davis
Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Philip Seymour Hoffman

2008 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
Winner Best Actress Meryl Streep
Winner Best Ensemble

2009 Writers Guild of America
Nominated Best Adapted Screenplay John Patrick Shanley --Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment