The True Story Behind the Film "Spotlight" (2003)
Spotlight has been critically acclaimed, and has been included in many critics' Top Ten Films of
2015 lists.[38] The film has received over
100 industry and critics awards and nominations.
The American Film Institute selected Spotlight as one of the Top Ten Films of the year.[39] The film garnered three
Golden Globe Award nominations for
Best Motion Picture –
Drama,
Best Director for McCarthy, and
Best Screenplay for McCarthy and
Josh Singer.[40] It was nominated for five
Independent Spirit Awards, including Best
Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay for
Singer,
Best Editing for
Tom McArdle and
Honorary Robert Altman Award for the cast.[41]
Rachel McAdams and the ensemble cast received
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Supporting
Role and Outstanding Performance by a
Cast in a
Motion Picture, respectively.[42]
The New York Film Critics Circle awarded
Michael Keaton Best Actor award,[43] while it won the
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best
Ensemble cast at
New York Film Critics Online Awards.[44] Spotlight won the Best Film and Best Screenplay from
Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It received eight nominations from the
Broadcast Film Critics Association, including Best Film, Best Director,
Best Supporting Actor,
Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay and Best
Score.[45] It won the Best Cast in a Motion Picture at
Satellite Awards and was nominated for six other awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and
Best Original Screenplay.[46]
The Spotlight Team
Mark Ruffalo as
Michael Rezendes[11][12]
Michael Keaton as
Walter "
Robby" Robinson[13]
Rachel McAdams as
Sacha Pfeiffer[11]
Liev Schreiber as
Marty Baron[13]
John Slattery as
Ben Bradlee Jr.[5]
Brian d'Arcy James as
Matt Carroll[14]
Additional characters
Stanley Tucci as
Mitchell Garabedian, attorney[13]
Gene Amoroso as
Stephen Kurkjian,
Boston Globe general investigative reporter[15]
Jamey Sheridan as
Jim Sullivan, an attorney representing the
Church[5][16]
Billy Crudup as
Eric MacLeish, an attorney[13][16]
Maureen Keiller as
Eileen McNamara, Boston Globe columnist[17]
Richard Jenkins as
Richard Sipe, psychotherapist (telephone voice, uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle as
Peter Conley
Len Cariou as
Cardinal Bernard Law
Neal Huff as Phil
Saviano
Michael Cyril Creighton as
Joe Crowley
Laurie Heineman as
Judge Constance Sweeney
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