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Paterno 2018

type: TVSeries

language: English

genre: drama

director: Barry Levinson

Score: 5 / 10

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.

Plot

As Joe Paterno enters an MRI machine in November 2011 he recalls events in his life.

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author	Debora Cahn
director	Barry Levinson
events	Joe Paterno Penn State Nittany Lions football Pennsylvania State University
genre	drama
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publisher	HBO