Trumbo
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directo...
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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 Trum..."
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The film was inspired by "Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted," a play compiled from Dalton Trumbo's letters by his son, Christopher Trumbo. The play opened off-Broadway in 2003, with Nathan Lane, also in the film, as Trumbo and directed by Peter Askin, who directed the film. One of the actors who stepped in was Brian Dennehy, also in the film, who then toured the show nationally.
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Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directo...