- Title: USA: Stellar cast raises "buzz" in "Doubt
- Date: 22nd November 2008
- Summary: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 18, 2008) (REUTERS) PAN FROM MOVIE POSTER TO AMY ADAMS ON THE RED CARPET DIRECTOR JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY WITH PUSH TO MERYL STREEP AND PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN PAN FROM LIGHTS TO VIOLA DAVIS MERYL STREEP AND PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN WITH PUSH TO DIRECTOR JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY (SOUNDBITE) (English) PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN ON "DOUBT," SAYING: "I don't think that this is the kind of film that will become dated. Even if the Catholic church, if lightening struck the earth and the Catholic church became obsolete, I think you could still do this play. Because it is ultimately not about the church, or religion, it is about something that is timely." MERYL STREEP BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMY ADAMS ON HER CHARACTER IN "DOUBT," SAYING: "She is so full of life and she is being pulled between these two people who she respects and she wants to believe them both. I think when you leave her she doesn't know what to believe, she is left with doubt." (SOUNDBITE) (English) VIOLA DAVIS ON THE OSCAR BUZZ SURROUNDING "DOUBT" SAYING: "It makes you very nervous and makes your behind tight. So, I'm trying like I said before, to enjoy the moment because I don't know if it is going to come again." (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY ON THE DIFFICULTY OF BRINGING HIS PLAY INTO A MOVIE, SAYING: "Adapting a play into a movie is very hard and a lot of plays die in the transition. It is not an easy thing or a no brainier. In this case I happen to come from the neighborhood that the play takes place in and I knew the parishioners, I knew the kids and the classrooms and the parents and I could put that onto the screen that was grounded and meant something." HOFFMAN BEING INTERVIEWED
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- Story Text: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep add to the Oscar "buzz"
at the red carpet premiere of "Doubt."
Hollywood's royalty graced the red carpet Tuesday night (November 18, 2008) in Beverly Hills as stars Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman arrived for the premiere of their latest film, "Doubt."
The movie, which is already generating a substantial Oscar buzz, is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by John Patrick Shanley, who also directed the screenplay. "Doubt" also features Italian-born American actress Amy Adams and Viola Davis.
Set in 1964, the film centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him of sexually abusing a new black student at a church school, and tries to get him fired. The priest denies the charges and fights the allegations. The film tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.
"I don't think that this is the kind of film that will become dated," Hoffman told Reuters. "Even if the Catholic church, if lightening struck the earth and the Catholic church became obsolete, I think you could still do this play. Because it is ultimately not about the church, or religion, it is about something that is timely."
Adams said the complexity of the film's characters is what drew her to the project.
"She is so full of life," explained Adams of her character.
"She is being pulled between two people who she respects and she wants to believe them both. I think when you leave her she doesn't know what to believe, she is left with doubt."
Shanley told Reuters that adapting the play for the silver screen was difficult.
"Adapting a play into a movie is very hard and a lot of plays die in the transition," Shanley said. "It is not an easy thing or a no brainer. In this case, I happen to come from the neighborhood that the play takes place in and I knew the parishioners, I knew the kids and the classrooms and the parents and I could put that onto the screen that was grounded and meant something."
"Doubt" will be released across North America on December 12th. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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