Trumbo(2008)

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Synopsis

Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner is told through the writer's own indelible words. Combined are performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and archival and contemporary interviews with those who knew him best, which illustrate how one man's unerring belief in the First Amendment and the power of the written word--plus a drink or two--empowered him to fight back after being blacklisted by HUAC.
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner is told through the writer's own indelible words. Combined are performances of some of his extraordinary letters, …
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In Theaters

  • June 27, 2008

MPAA Rating

PG-13 (for sex-related commentary)

Genres

Miscellaneous, Adaptation, Documentary

Run Time

1 hour 36 minutes

Distributors

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Box Office

$108,280

Directors

Peter Askin

Director

CAST

Joan Allen

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Michael Douglas

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Paul Giamatti

Dalton Trumbo

Danny Glover

Dalton Trumbo

Nathan Lane

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Liam Neeson

Dalton Trumbo
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