Trumbo

  • Theatrical - Limited 2015-11-06
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The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger

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This review originally ran as part of JoBlo.com’s TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: The true story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) who found himself on the Hollywood blacklist during the communist witch-hunts of the late forties and fities. Unable to...

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