Trumbo 2015

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 124 min

genre: drama

theme: biographical

director: Jay Roach

Score: 7 / 10

Trumbo is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Jay Roach and written by John McNamara. The film stars Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg as Edward G. Robinson, Dean O'Gorman as Kirk Douglas, and David James Elliott as John Wayne. The film follows the life of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, and is based on the 1977 biography Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Alexander Cook.

Plot

Dalton Trumbo is a screenwriter whose talent places him among the elite of Hollywood. However, his active membership in the Communist Party of the USA draws the contempt of staunchly anti-Soviet entertainment-industry figures such as columnist Hedda Hopper and actor John Wayne.

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author	John McNamara
contentLocation	Washington, D.C.
director	Jay Roach
editor	Alan Baumgarten
genre	drama
keywords	10 screenwriters abandon academy award for best story ally anti-soviet anti-sovietism b-movie cinema of the united states communist party communist party of the usa communist party usa communist propaganda contempt of congress edward g. robinson elite exodus family life farm frank murphy hedda hopper hollywood hollywood blacklist hollywood ten house committee on un-american activities house un-american activities committee ian mclellan hunter john f. kennedy john wayne king brothers productions kirk douglas motion picture alliance for the preservation of american ideals move otto preminger paint pen name portrait of père tanguy president of the united states pseudonym rebuild roman holiday spartacus supreme court supreme court of the united states the brave one unexpected death us president vincent van gogh wiley blount rutledge wiley rutledge write
musicBy	Theodore Shapiro
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor
producer	Janice Williams John McNamara Kevin Kelly Brown Michael London Monica Levinson Nimitt Mankad Shivani Rawat
productionCompany	Everyman Pictures Groundswell Productions ShivHans Pictures
publisher	Bleecker Street Entertainment One Features
theme	biographical biographical drama