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Our Fathers is a 2005 American drama 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 the 2004 non-fiction book Our Fathers: The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal by David France. It was the last film directed by Curtis, who died soon after it was finished.

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 William Murphy
• Will Lyman as Wilson Rogers, Jr.
• Jan Rubeš as Pope John Paul II
• Aidan Devine as Bernie McDaid
• Steven Shaw as John J. Geoghan
• James Oliver as Patrick McSorley
• James Kall as Geoghan's Lawyer

Awards and nominations

See also

• Catholic sex abuse cases

References

1. Burlingame, Jon (February 24, 2020). "Bob Cobert, 'Dark Shadows' and 'Winds of War' Composer, Dies at 95". Variety. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
2. "Dan Curtis". The Washington Post. April 1, 2006. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
3. Thompson, Jeff (2019). The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 2d ed. McFarland p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4766-3633-7.
4. "9th Annual TV Awards (2005)". Online Film & Television Association. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
5. "Our Fathers". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
6. "Nominees & Winners – Satellite™ Awards 2005 (10th Annual Satellite™ Awards)". International Press Academy. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
7. "The 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
8. "Previous Nominees & Winners: 2008 Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America Awards. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2014.

External links

• Our Fathers at IMDb

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