Our Fathers (film)

Our Fathers
Directed by	Dan Curtis
Written by	David France (novel) Thomas Michael Donnelly
Starring	Ted Danson Christopher Plummer Brian Dennehy Daniel Baldwin Ellen Burstyn
Music by	Robert Cobert
Cinematography	Eric Van Haren Noman
Editing by	Henk Van Eeghen
Studio	Showtime
Release date(s)	May 2005
Language	English

Our Fathers is a 2005 television film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Ted Danson, Christopher Plummer, Brian Dennehy and Ellen Burstyn. The screenplay was written by Thomas Michael Donnelly, based on a book of David France.

Principal cast

• Ted Danson as Mitchell Garabedian
• Christopher Plummer as Cardinal Bernard Law
• Brian Dennehy as Father Dominic Spagnolia
• Daniel Baldwin as Angelo DeFranco
• Ellen Burstyn as Mary Ryan
• Kenneth Welsh as Bishop Murphy
• Will Lyman as Wilson Rogers, Jr.
• Jan Rubes as Pope John Paul
• Aidan Devine as Bernie McDaid
• Steven Shaw as John J. Geoghan
• James Oliver as Patrick McSorley

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Television Film (Dennehy – lost to Paul Newman, Empire Falls)
• Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Television Film (Plummer – lost to Paul Newman, Empire Falls)

Satellite Awards

• Outstanding Actor - Miniseries or Television Film (Danson – lost to Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Elvis)
• Outstanding Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film (Dennehy – lost to Randy Quaid, Elvis)
• Outstanding Television Film (lost to Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical)

Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

• Outstanding Male Actor - Miniseries or Television Film (Plummer – lost to Paul Newman, Empire Falls)

Writers Guild of America (WGA)

• Best Writing, Long Form - Adapted (Donnelly – lost to Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers)

See also

• Catholic sex abuse cases

External links

• Our Fathers at the Internet Movie Database