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27 June 2008 (USA)
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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. more
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Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals...
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"Trumbo" personalizes the Blacklist
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Dalton Trumbo | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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 | 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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Rated PG-13 for a sex-related commentary.
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Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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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.