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Trumbo(2015)
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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.
Trumbo
“Hollywood Blacklisted Him… But He Had The Last Word.”
20076.71h 36m
Overview
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture. Written by
Directed by Peter Askin
Written by Christopher Trumbo
Produced by Tory Tunnell, David Viola, Alan Klingenstein
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Joan Allen
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Michael Douglas
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Liam Neeson
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Paul Giamatti
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Josh Lucas
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Nathan Lane
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Brian Dennehy
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David Strathairn
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Donald Sutherland
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Emanuel Azenberg
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Themes & Keywords
screenwriterbiographymccarthyism
About Trumbo
Trumbo is a documentary, history film released in 2007 exploring themes of screenwriter, biography, mccarthyism. Directed by Peter Askin, it stars Joan Allen, Michael Douglas, Liam Neeson. Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture. Written by
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