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Trumbo (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Askin

Written By:
Christopher Trumbo

Actors:
Dalton Trumbo ..... Himself (archive footage)
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

Synopsis:

Peter Askin's stirring documentary "Trumbo" gives you reasons to cheer but also to weep. It makes you lament the decline of the kind of language brandished with Shakespearean eloquence by Dalton Trumbo, the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter, in his witty, impassioned letters excerpted in the movie. Some of those letters, collected in the 1999 volume "Additional Dialogue," are delivered as forceful dramatic soliloquies by a battery of distinguished actors including Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Nathan Lane, Liam Neeson, David Straithairn, Josh Lucas and Donald Sutherland. Another cause for lament is the shortness of historical memory in today's climate of infinite distraction. Why chew on the unhappy events of six decades ago when you can drool over pictures of Brangelina or get lost in the latest video game? Anyway, who cares what happened way back then? But we should care. If the story of the Hollywood blacklist and the lives it destroyed has been told many times before, it still bears repeating, especially in the post-9/11 climate of fearmongering, of Guantánamo, of flag pins as gauges of patriotism.

"Trumbo" is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Focusing on the writer's own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and contemporary interviews with those who knew him best. The film illustrates how one man's unerring belief in the First Amendment and the power of the written word-plus a drink or two-empowered him to fight back after being blacklisted by HUAC. Forced to write underground, letter writing became the chief repository of Trumbo's extraordinary talents, and they serve as a wonderfully entertaining testament to his boundless intellect, acerbic humor, and staggering resilience.

Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner is told through the writer's own indelible words. Combined are performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and archival and contemporary interviews with those who knew him best, which illustrate how one man's unerring belief in the First Amendment and the power of the written word--plus a drink or two--empowered him to fight back after being blacklisted by HUAC.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 March, 2009.

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