Paterno (2018)

Directed by

Barry Levinson

Genre

drama fiction, American football film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 191 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows Joe Paterno, the legendary Penn State football coach, as a child sex abuse scandal rocks the university. It shows how the crisis affects his reputation and leads to his firing.

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What happens

Paterno is a 2018 American television drama film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Al Pacino as former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and his career leading up to his dismissal following the university's child sex abuse scandal in 2011. Riley Keough, Kathy Baker, Greg Grunberg and Annie Parisse also star. The film premiered on HBO on April 7, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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