Doubt (Phillip Seymour Hoffman)

[Dark Donnie]

Director/Writer:
John Patrick Shanley

Starring:
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Amy Adams
Merill Streep
Viola Davis

Plot Outline:
Set at a Catholic school in the Bronx, it centers on a nun who grows suspicious when a priest begins taking too much interest in the life of a young black student. Is she being overly protective or not protective enough? And can she work within the system to discover the truth?

[Dark Donnie]

[tzarinna]

I'm guessing this is a period piece.
I swear Amy Adams looks like somebody I know.

[Hunter Rider]

This sounds meaty, Hoffman is always best when being creepy and sinister. Big role for Amy Adams.

[Drizzle]

This movie was filmed at my college. I was actually no more than thirty feet away from Hoffman, but I didn't say anything to him. The man looked pretty busy. He was being guided by what must have been his personal assistant.

[Dark Donnie]

Originally Posted by tzarinna

I'm guessing this is a period piece.
I swear Amy Adams looks like somebody I know.

1967 I think...

[tzarinna]

Oh, cool, thanks.

[Dark Donnie]

[Hunter Rider]

Very effective poster.

[theShape]

The stage play was amazing, and I don't see how the movie could **** it up, so the movie should be amazing as well. The last line of the play is chilling, and changes everything about the story. Can't wait for this.

[Gotham]

Great poster. I love Hoffman as an actor.

[danoyse]

Originally Posted by Hunter Rider

This sounds meaty, Hoffman is always best when being creepy and sinister. Big role for Amy Adams.

I saw him play a pedophile in an off-Broadway show about 10 years ago, and he was horrifically creepy. He's such an amazing actor.

[Dark Donnie]

[Hunter Rider]

Originally Posted by Dark Donnie

Awesome dog. Hopefully we get a trailer soon.

[Dark Donnie]

I think we may.....looks like its going to be a good film.

[Carmine Falcone]

That is one big ****ing dog.

[Hunter Rider]

Originally Posted by Dark Donnie

I think we may.....looks like its going to be a good film.

As long as Seymour Hoffman isn't naked in it, he's an amazing actor.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Meryl Streep is a good looking woman for her age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotdG...eature=related

[Carmine Falcone]

Originally Posted by Hunter Rider

As long as Seymour Hoffman isn't naked in it, he's an amazing actor.

*Gets a Before the Devil knows you're dead flashback*

*vomits*

[Dark Donnie]

Originally Posted by Hunter Rider

As long as Seymour Hoffman isn't naked in it, he's an amazing actor.

Im skeptical about watching that film now....hopefully to goes by quickly

[Hunter Rider]

Originally Posted by Carmine Falcone

*Gets a Before the Devil knows you're dead flashback*

*vomits*

One of the most disturbing scenes in cinema history.

Originally Posted by Dark Donnie

Im skeptical about watching that film now....hopefully to goes by quickly

Just listen for the grunting and flesh smacking to stop.....then open your eyes.

[Carmine Falcone]

Originally Posted by Hunter Rider

Just listen for the grunting and flesh smacking to stop.....then open your eyes.

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

[Dark Donnie]

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,2021...219326,00.html

Doubt


By Steve Daly

John Patrick Shanley once joked that he was doomed to an obituary proclaiming him ''the guy who wrote Moonstruck.'' But that was before he created the 2004 stage show Doubt, a Tony-
winning drama set in a Bronx Catholic school 
in 1964. The story centers on Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), a principal who accuses a parish priest (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of sexually abusing a 12-year-
old boy — the school's only black student. 
 Theater audiences around the world have debated whether Sr. Aloysius is right to push for the 
 priest's removal, despite a lack of conclusive evidence. (Sex-scandal refugee Roman Polanski 
 directed a 2006 Paris run of the show.)

So why didn't Shanley hire Tony winner Cherry Jones (Ocean's Twelve) and Brían F. O'Byrne (No Reservations) from the Broadway cast? ''There was a real possibility of a retread feeling,'' he says. ''I wanted a fresh take.'' He might also have wanted A-list names in his first film-directing effort since 1990's Joe Versus the Volcano. He says going after Streep was ''a no-brainer,'' and she found him a welcome partner because he knew the material so thoroughly going in. Shanley chose pal Hoffman — who'd starred in a Chekhov play with Streep — because ''I never know what the hell he's going to do. He's the one guy that could make Meryl sweat.''

Still, it's unclear who wound up perspiring. Shanley reports that Streep, while prepping a key confrontation scene, would mutter things like ''I'm gonna kick his a--'' — and Hoffman wouldn't answer. Asked about her psych-out 
 attempts, Streep dodges. ''We have to maintain a certain mystery,'' she says.
OUR TWO CENTS 
Advance buzz says that Davis, as the boy's mother, seems like a can't-miss Supporting Actress candidate, while Streep looks ineluctably headed toward Oscar nom No. 15. 12/12

[Hunter Rider]

Heh, Streep is kinda intimidating, surprised no mention of a possible nom for Hoffman.

[DACrowe]

I saw the play in New York. It was indeed amazing and the main character is actually the women I'd argue, could be good. Albeit, the best play that year (IMO) was The Pillow Man and that would make an amazing independent, kind of David Fincher-esque movie.