Paterno

2018TV Movie⏱️ 1h 45mTV-MA

BiographyCrimeDramaSport

⭐ 6.5

IMDB Rating

8,173 votes

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno becomes embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.

Director

Barry Levinson

Writers

Debora Cahn, John C. Richards

Stars

Al Pacino, Kathy Baker, Ken Maharaj

Release Date

April 7, 2018

Language

English

Country

United States

🏆 1

Wins

🎯 7

Nominations

💬 65

Reviews

📋 13.5K

Watchlists

📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Al Pacino

as Joe Paterno

Kathy Baker

as Sue Paterno

Ken Maharaj

as MRI Tech

Michael Mastro

as Guido D'Elia

Joshua Morgan

as Bobby - Media Wrangler

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Ross Degraw

as Sports Producer

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Mitchell L. Mack

as Devon Smith

Larry Mitchell

as Jay Paterno

Darren Goldstein

as Mike McQueary

Riley Keough

as Sara Ganim

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

16:9 HD

Sound

Dolby Digital

Color

Filming Location

Riverdale, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Production

Pressman Film, The Levinson / Fontana Company

🏷️ Keywords

footballfootball coachsexual abuseabuse victimcover up

🎯 Categories

FootballTrue CrimeBiographyCrimeDramaSport

⭐ Featured Review

Pacino for the Win

by anemone90210 • 2018-04-30

8/10

"Cable TV is really hitting it out of the park these days. Paterno is one of the better movies I've seen in awhile including theatrical movies. I probably don't need to recap the entire plot for anyone, since the news covered it widely at the time. This film centers on the horrific Penn State scandal of sexual molestation of young boys by a man who was at one time on the Penn State coaching staff and was a "pillar of the community." What makes this different though than any news coverage you've seen is that it goes inside Joe Paterno 's life to show the downfall of..."

💡 Did You Know?

Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot-News Staff won a number of national awards including the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, making her the third youngest winner of a Pulitzer. The award cited "courageously revealing and adeptly covering the explosive Sandusky sex scandal involving former football coach Jerry Sandusky."