Trumbo Movie Overview

Trumbo - Overview

Genre: Documentary, Historical

Opened: Jun 27, 2008 Run Time: 1hr 36min

Cast: Joan Allen Michael Douglas Paul Giamatti Danny Glover

Director: Peter Askin

Producer: Will Battersby Tory Tunnell Alan Klingenstein David Viola

Executive Producer: Jim Kohlberg

Synopsis

Trumbo: 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--... Read More