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CBS News
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Oscar buzz is strong for “Spotlight,” the movie that shares the true story of the Boston Globe investigative team uncovering the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
“I think the movie is incredibly authentic, and I think it captures the substance and spirit of what we did just incredibly well. So I’m very pleased with it,” said reporter Michael Rezendes Wednesday on “CBS This Morning.” Rezendes was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the coverage.
Mark Ruffalo, the two-time Academy Awards nominee who plays Rezendes in the film, said he felt it was the right time to tell the story again.
“It had a particular reach at the time when the Boston Globe told the story, but we could take it a little bit further into the culture by making a movie out of it,” Ruffalo said. “And it just felt so honest, and it left out the salacious part of the story and went directly to the investigation. So you’re allowed to enter this world and look at this very hard story in a dispassionate way, so by the end of it, you get a real, moral certitude about where you end up.”
Ruffalo shadowed Rezendes, finding out that “a great reporter dedicates his life to his work.”
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