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Overview

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Director:
Peter Askin
Writers:
Christopher Trumbo (play)
Christopher Trumbo (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 June 2008 (USA) more
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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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
DVD: Review: Johnny Got His Gun
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Dalton Trumbo: Smart, Funny and Courageous 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

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
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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16 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
Dalton Trumbo: Smart, Funny and Courageous, 16 September 2007
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Author: Terry Meehan from Lakewood, Ohio

I saw this at the Toronto Film Festival on September 12, 2007. During the post-screening Q & A, several audience members were saying that the producers should do everything they can to get the film distributed. It seems that they picked up on the idea that first amendment issues of fifty years ago still resonate. This excellent documentary includes many interviews of Dalton Trumbo who, as one of the Hollywood Ten, was blacklisted from 1947 to 1960--when he was finally given screen credit for the films Exodus and Spartacus.

The producers of those films were also interviewed: Otto Preminger in archival footage and Kirk Douglas in a recent (and poignant) interview. The best part of the film is the lively Trumbo himself in interviews from the 1940s to the 1970s. The entire package is elevated artistically by a cast of top-notch actors who give great performances using only Trumbo's words, from his letters and other writings. The best of these is Nathan Lane's reading of Trumbo's letter to his son on the subject of masturbation.

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