Trumbo

Battersby, Will. (Added Author). Tunnell, Tory. (Added Author). Klingenstein, Alan. (Added Author). Viola, David. (Added Author). Askin, Peter, 1940- (Added Author). Allen, Joan, 1956- (Added Author). Dennehy, Brian (Added Author). Douglas, Michael, 1944- (Added Author). Giamatti, Paul (Added Author). Lane, Nathan, 1956- (Added Author). Lucas, Josh. (Added Author). Neeson, Liam (Added Author). Strathairn, David (Added Author). Sutherland, Donald, 1935- (Added Author). Miller, Robert. (Added Author). Trumbo, Christopher. (Added Author). Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm) (Added Author). Red Envelope Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Safehouse Pictures (Added Author). Filbert Steps Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Reno Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Documents the rise of Dalton Trumbo's career in Hollywood and his subsequent public humiliation for being among the 'Hollywood Ten' blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s for communist associations. Exiled and penniless, he wrote under various pseudonyms, and even won an Academy Award. Viewed by many as a moral and just man, Dalton stood for the American value and right of free expression.

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2009.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Documentary. Based on the play by Christopher Trumbo. Originally released in 2007. Special features: Paul Giamatti reads Trumbo's letter to Ring Lardner, Jr. (June 1953) ; Danny Glover reads Trumbo's letter to Arthur, film associate (December 1947) ; Photo gallery.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Frank Prinzi ; editor, Kurt Engfehr ; music by, Robert Miller.
Participant or Performer Note:	Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Nathan Lane, Josh Lucas, Liam Neeson, David Strathairn, Donald Sutherland.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for a sex-related commentary.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:	English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.