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The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Bryan Cranston
Dalton Trumbo
Diane Lane
Cleo Trumbo
Helen Mirren
Hedda Hopper
Elle Fanning
Nikola Trumbo
Louis C.K.
Arlen Hird
John Goodman
Frank King
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward G. Robinson
David James Elliott
John Wayne
Roger Bart
Buddy Ross
Mark Harelik
Ed Muhl
John Getz
Sam Wood
Alan Tudyk
Ian McLellan Hunter
James DuMont
J. Parnell Thomas
Richard Portnow
Louis B. Mayer
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Virgil Brooks
Stephen Root
Hymie King
Mattie Liptak
Chris Trumbo (Age 13-17)
Dean O'Gorman
Kirk Douglas
Garrett Hines
Andrew Hird
Christian Berkel
Otto Preminger
Dan Bakkedahl
Roy Brewer
Toby Nichols
Chris Trumbo (age 6-10) (as Tobias McDowell Nichols)
Dalton Trumbo
Himself (archive footage)
Laura Flannery
Party Goer
Madison Wolfe
Niki Trumbo (age 8-11)
Johnny Sneed
Robert Stripling
Rio Hackford
Reporter
Dane Rhodes
Reporter
Peter MacKenzie
Robert Kenny
John Neisler
Jury Foreman
Sean Bridgers
Jeff Krandall
Meghan Wolfe
Mitzi Trumbo (age 6-8)
Becca Nicole Preston
Mitzi Trumbo (age 9-12)
Mark Harelik
Edward 'Ed' Muhl
Jaclyn Bethany
Starlet (uncredited)
Kate Kuen
Ethel (uncredited)
Suzanne LaChasse
Showgirl (uncredited)
Rhonda Laizer
Trumbo Friend (uncredited)
Veronica Parks
Showgirl (uncredited)
Anne Speed
Juror (uncredited)
Director
Jay Roach
Book
Bruce Cook
Screenplay
John McNamara
February 24, 2016
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> He's a gifted writer yet different from others around him.
I think it was a sensitive subject for a movie, especially to be made in Hollywood. Communism and United States are like two opposite poles. So portraying an American who supports it is a challenging task for any moviemakers. But the director of 'Meet the Parents' did a great job. Yep, you don't have to take sides while a watch. Of course, the movie discussed the issue of conflict over the types of ruling system, but it was only in the initial part that kind of looked strong. While the story advancing, that topic completely weakened and concentrated more on other stuffs. So don't expect it to be a fight for the constitutional, but a wonderful biography of one of the talented screenwriters in the history of Hollywood.
Communism or Democracy, whatever you support that does not matter here to choose whether you want watch it or not. Because this movie very smartly outlined how people are affected when they believe differently from the majority of others around. In the opening, I thought it could be an anti-hero tale, but later it transformed the angle of presentation and indeed in the end the main character turned into a most likeable one.
I liked Dalton Trumbo, not for what he preferred to support, but how he handled it all. The rival group is who made it a big concern, otherwise he is a neglectable for his egoist nature. Bryan Cranston was amazing in the title role. It's his best in the lead role, after only to the 'Breaking Bad'. Hope he's going to make more lead role films now after. Kind of of inspiring flick, of course, from his professional angle. Definitely one of the best films of the 2015 and deserved its Oscar nod.
8/10
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$15,000,000.00
Revenue:
$8,235,661.00