Trumbo
2015 · Movie · R · 124 min · ★ 7.2 · 67% critics
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo’s career is interrupted when a late-1940s anti-communist witch hunt targets him after he refuses to comply with the HUAC committee. He’s blacklisted, forcing him to fight to keep working and support his family in a hostile Hollywood climate.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-10-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (1,690 votes)
About
You’ll like Trumbo if you enjoy Hollywood history and personal resilience under political pressure, and prefer biography-style storytelling without big genre surprises; Not for you if you want a clear-cut, nonstop fight movie or lighter entertainment.
Pros: compelling blacklist story; strong lead performance; engaging Hollywood history | Cons: some bland tone; family focus drags; mixed supporting use
Themes
- parent child relationship
- movie business
- screenwriter
- biography
- hollywood
- writer
- communism
- blacklist
- mccarthyism
- 1940s
- old hollywood
Awards & recognition
- Paul Selvin Award · 2015
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew
Bryan Cranston
as Dalton Trumbo
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
as Virgil Brooks
Louis C.K.
as Arlen Hird
David James Elliott
as John Wayne
Elle Fanning
as Niki Trumbo
John Goodman
as Frank King
Diane Lane
as Cleo Trumbo
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Edward G. Robinson
Alan Tudyk
as Ian McLellan Hunter
Helen Mirren
as Hedda Hopper
Directed by Jay Roach