Trumbo
“Hollywood Blacklisted Him… But He Had The Last Word.”
2007•PG-13•1h 36m•6.7•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture. Written by
Director
Peter Askin
Writer
Christopher Trumbo
Languages
English
Studio
Thirteen
Cast
Joan Allen
Self
Michael Douglas
Self
Liam Neeson
Self
Paul Giamatti
Self
Josh Lucas
Self
Nathan Lane
Self
Brian Dennehy
Self
David Strathairn
Self
Donald Sutherland
Self
Emanuel Azenberg
Self - Interviewee
Walter Bernstein
Self - Interviewee
Christopher Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
Mitzi Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
Dustin Hoffman
Self - Interviewee
Kirk Douglas
Self - Interviewee
Production
Company
Thirteen
Company
Safehouse Pictures
Company
Reno Productions
Company
Filbert Steps Productions
Producer
Tory Tunnell
Producer
David Viola
Producer
Alan Klingenstein
Producer
Will Battersby
Recommended
7
De Palma
2016
7.4
Love, Antosha
2019
7.2
Cover-Up
2025
7.2
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
6.9
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
2021
7.2
QT8: The First Eight
2019
6.1
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
6.7
Gilbert
2017
6.6
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
6.6
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
7.3
The Celluloid Closet
1996
7.1
Lucy and Desi
2022
7.1
Friedkin Uncut
2018
6.1
Room 237
2012
7.1
Milius
2013
7
Corman's World
2011
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
6.2
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
7.6
Night Will Fall
2014
Similar Movies
5
Learie Constantine
1945
Ako listy jedného stromu
1980
6
True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956
2025
The Life and Legacy of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
2022
5.6
Dreyfus
1930
7
Susanne Bartsch: On Top
2017
10
The Nativity Scene of Michele Pascuzzi
2023
7
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006
The Life of Rayful Edmond
2005
7.5
Serpico
1973
7.7
Till minne av Gösta Ekman
2017
9
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
2021
Stingl - Little Big Okima
2021
5.9
Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
2021
7.3
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
6.9
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018
Ashkenazy Observed
1987
Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist
1978
Singing to the Gods: Mario Lanza
2005
7.4
The Right Stuff
1983