The New York Times Author: David Carr Article Mentions
Author, David CarrMentioned, Amy Adams Mentioned, Cher Mentioned, Cherry Jones Mentioned, Meryl Streep Mentioned, Philip Seymour Hoffman Mentioned, John Patrick Shanley Mentioned, Viola Davis Mentioned, Scott Rudin Mentioned, Doug Hughes Mentioned, Campari Mentioned, Miramax Mentioned, The New York Times
@import url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/css/article/screen/print.css); John Patrick Shanley Directs the Film of His Play, Doubt - NYTimes.com var google_hints = "Motion+Pictures,Theater"; var google_ad_channel = "ar_movies"; December 7, 2008 Doubt and Doubts of a Workingman By DAVID CARR WHEN John Patrick Shanley steps into a Midtown Manhattan hangout known for its theater clientele, few would guess how much he belonged. There is little about his sure gait, workingman hands or no-nonsense affect that flicks at the artist within, let alone a playwright, often the more delicately wrought of the species. Only the eyes, weakened by glaucoma but working, suggest anything other than a tough guy from the Bronx. And in that gaze he is constantly ...(read more)
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... comes to suspect that the priests interest in Donald, the schools first black pupil, is not altogether wholesome. Unlike in the play, the children are very much present and prevent the scripts lacerating verbal firefights from lapsing into abstractio ...
... could act and that Mr. Shanley could connect with audiences. He first stepped into the film directors chair for Joe Versus the Volcano, about a hypochondriac who makes a deal to throw himself into a live volcano. But that film blew up into a financia ...
... . Near the end of the film the characters conviction gives way to something more human, more familiar and, in context, more disturbing. I liked Meryl, Mr. Shanley said. Shes tremendously intelligent, and we rehearsed for three weeks, and she made s ...
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