
Trumbo(2015)
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.


“Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time.”
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Jim Carrey
Peter Appleton

Martin Landau
Harry Trimble

Laurie Holden
Adele Stanton

Gerry Black
Emmett Smith

David Ogden Stiers
Doc Stanton

Bob Balaban
Elvin Glyde

Jeffrey DeMunn
Mayor Ernie Cole

Hal Holbrook
Congressman Doyle

Brent Briscoe
Sheriff Cecil Coleman

Ron Rifkin
Kevin Bannerman
The Majestic is a drama, romance film released in 2001 exploring themes of california, amnesia, falsely accused, prosecution, mistaken identity, anti-communism. Directed by Frank Darabont, it stars Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden. Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
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