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In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywoods top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. This movie recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Dame Helen Mirren) to John Wayne (David James Elliott), Kirk Douglas (Dean OGorman), and Otto Preminger (Christian Berkel).
Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) is a talented screenwriter. However, his active membership in the Communist Party draws the contempt of anti-Soviet entertainment industry figures, such as columnist Hedda Hopper (Dame Helen Mirren) and John Wayne (David James Elliott). Trumbo is one of ten screenwriters subpoenaed to testify before the United States Congress regarding Communist propaganda in Hollywood movies. In 1950, Trumbo served eleven months in prison where he met J. Parnell Thomas (James DuMont), who was convicted of tax evasion. As the Hollywood Blacklist expands to exclude more Communists and Communist sympathizers from working in the industry, Trumbo and his comrades are abandoned by Democratic actor Edward G. Robinson (Michael Stuhlbarg) and Producer Buddy Ross (Roger Bart), who disavowed them to protect their careers. Trumbos prison term eventually finished, but he remained blacklisted and his finances and family life became increasingly strained. He resorted to giving the screenplay for Roman Holiday (1953) to his friend Ian McLellan Hunter (Alan Tudyk), to take credit and a share of the money, and eventually the Academy Award for Best Story. He went to work as a pseudonymous screenwriter for the low-budget King Brothers Productions. Over time, industry suspicion of Trumbos ghostwriting developed, but he was careful not to confirm it. In 1960, Producer and actor Kirk Douglas (Dean OGorman) recruited him to write the screenplay for Spartacus (1960). What followed next was a story about principles and how principles can make or break you.
Bryan Cranston
Dalton Trumbo
Diane Lane
Cleo Trumbo
Helen Mirren
Hedda Hopper
Louis C.K.
Arlen Hird
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward G. Robinson
David Maldonado
Rocco
John Getz
Sam Wood
Laura Flannery
Party Goer
David James Elliott
John Wayne
Toby Nichols
Chris Trumbo (age 6-10)
Joseph S. Martino
Rally Participant
Madison Wolfe
Niki Trumbo (age 8-11)
Jason Bayle
Young Father
James DuMont
J. Parnell Thomas
Alan Tudyk
Ian McLellan Hunter
Dan Bakkedahl
Roy Brewer
Richard Portnow
Louis B. Mayer
Roger Bart
Buddy Ross
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