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Trumbo (2007)

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Overview

Director:
Peter Askin
Writers:
Christopher Trumbo (play)
Christopher Trumbo (screenplay)
Release Date:
27 June 2008 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
He was Hollywood's greatest screenwriter. His words still resonate today. He defied a committee, he defied the system. They took his honor. They took his freedom. So Dalton Trumbo went to war. But the ending could only be written by him.
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"Trumbo" personalizes the Blacklist more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Dalton Trumbo ... Himself (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Joan Allen ... Herself

Brian Dennehy ... Himself

Kirk Douglas ... Himself

Michael Douglas ... Himself

Paul Giamatti ... Himself

Danny Glover ... Himself

Peter Hanson ... Himself

Dustin Hoffman ... Himself
Lee Irwin ... Himself

Nathan Lane ... Himself

Josh Lucas ... Himself
Victor Navasky ... Himself

Liam Neeson ... Himself
Jean Rouverol ... Herself

David Strathairn ... Himself

Donald Sutherland ... Himself
Christopher Trumbo ... Himself
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for a sex-related commentary.
Runtime:
Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG
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"Trumbo" personalizes the Blacklist, 29 June 2008
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Author: nataloff-1

Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was arguably the most famous of the "Unfriendly Ten" who were blacklisted in 1947 in the first flash of America's witch-hunts. But that's pretty much all that the casual observer knew about him before his son, Christopher, presented his letters in the two-hander "Trumbo." Now Peter Askin's documentary, which includes dramatized readings from Trumbo fils' epistolary drama, fills in the historical gaps with newsreels, interviews, and a minimum of film clips ($). The importance of this documentary is that it shows how unquiet Trumbo was, how his insistent visibility helped break the Blacklist, and how the forces that tried to make the Blacklistees toe the line are still running things. For any doctrinaire Right-wingers reading this summary, "Trumbo" isn't about Communism, it's about thought control -- something both Left and Right seem to be fixated on imposing. The power of this film comes from its varied, non-manipulative portrayal of an indomitable creative spirit.

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