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.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Catholic Church
-- Clergy
-- Sexual behavior
-- Drama.
Boston globe -- Drama. Investigative reporting -- Drama. Child sexual abuse -- Drama. Boston (Mass.) -- Drama. Biographical films. Historical films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Universal City, CA :Universal Studios Home Entertainment,2016 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
McCarthy, Tom,
1966- screenwriter, film director. Singer, Josh, screenwriter. Sugar, Michael, film producer. Golin, Steve, film producer. Rocklin, Nicole, 1979- film producer. Faust, Blye Pagon, film producer. Shore, Howard, composer. Ruffalo, Mark, actor. Keaton, Michael, 1951- actor. McAdams, Rachel, 1978- actor. Schreiber, Liev, actor. Slattery, John, 1962- actor. Tucci, Stanley, actor. Open Road Films, production company. Participant Media, production company. First Look Media (Firm), production company. Anonymous Content (Firm), production company. Rocklin/Faust (Firm), production company. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Howard Shore ; editor, Tom McArdle ; director of photography, Masanobu Takayanagi. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for some language including sexual references. |
| Language |
English French Spanish In English; with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture, 2015. Special features: uncovering the truth: a spotlight team roundtable; Spotlight: a look inside; the state of journalism. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Awards |
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 |
| Description |
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |