Doubt

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American film drama film film

Doubt is a 2008 drama film, adapted from John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, that explores themes of faith, morality, and suspicion within a 1960s Catholic school.

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Doubt (film) 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardNominated Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
basedOn Doubt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Doubt: A Parable
basedOnWorkAuthor John Patrick Shanley ⓘ
character Father Brendan Flynn ⓘ
Mrs. Miller ⓘ
Sister Aloysius Beauvier ⓘ
Sister James ⓘ
cinematography Roger Deakins ⓘ
composer Howard Shore ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Patrick Shanley ⓘ
distributor Miramax Films ⓘ
editor Dylan Tichenor ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
hasPlayVersion Doubt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Doubt: A Parable
mainSubject Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

faith ⓘ
morality ⓘ
suspicion ⓘ
narrativeFocus allegations of misconduct by a priest ⓘ
conflict between certainty and doubt ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
playAwardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
playPremiereYear 2004 ⓘ
producer Celia Costas ⓘ
Mark Roybal ⓘ
Scott Rudin ⓘ
publicationDate 2008 ⓘ
releaseEvent limited release in the United States in December 2008 ⓘ
wide release in the United States in January 2009 ⓘ
runtime 104 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter John Patrick Shanley ⓘ
settingPlace The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Bronx, New York City

Catholic school ⓘ
settingTime 1964 ⓘ
starring Amy Adams ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ
Viola Davis ⓘ

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subject surface form: Mary Louise Streep
Meryl Streep → notableWork → Doubt ⓘ
Scott Rudin → notableWork → Doubt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doubt: A Parable (Broadway production)
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this entity surface form: Doubt (film)