Trumbo

Theatrical - Limited 2015-11-06

Cast Bryan Cranston Elle Fanning Diane Lane John Goodman Helen Mirren Louis C.K.
Directed by Jay Roach
Written by John McNamara

Genres: Biography Drama

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7/10

Synopsis

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.... See more 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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