TRUMBO
*2015 Winner of the LiUNA People’s Choice Award
A fascinating portrait of one of the most emblematic figures of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Trumbo stars Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston as the prolific screenwriter who paid a terrible price for his political convictions and Helen Mirren as the notorious gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Dalton Trumbo was among the highest-paid scenarists of his time. He was also one of numerous film artists who saw their careers screech to a halt after being interrogated by the House Un-American Activities Committee. An outspoken member of the so-called Hollywood Ten, Trumbo did in fact identify as a Communist. Nevertheless, he refused to testify and was cited for contempt of Congress, resulting in a year-long prison sentence and a prominent place on the studios’ blacklist. Unable to obtain employment under his own name, Trumbo did some of his finest work pseudonymously throughout the 1950s.
Trumbo is a gripping drama that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Hollywood history.
Director
Jay Roach
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Rating
PG
Year
2015
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Runtime
2h 4m
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