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Title:
Trumbo / Bleecker Street presents ; S.H. Pictures presents ; a Groundswell production ; produced by Michael London [and six others] ; written by John McNamara ; directed by Jay Roach.
Publication Information:
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2016]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Wide screen (1.85:1).

Based on the book Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Cook.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.

Special features: Who is Trumbo? ; Bryan Cranston becomes Trumbo.

DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Summary:
The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. It tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.
Personal Subject:
Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976-Drama
Subject Term:
Screenwriters--United States -- Drama

Blacklisting of entertainers--United States -- Drama

Nineteen forties -- Drama.
Genre:
Biographical films

Film adaptations

Fiction films

Feature films

Video recordings for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

Films for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
Added Author:
Roach, Jay

McNamara, John, 1962-

Cranston, Bryan, 1956-

C. K., Louis

Lane, Diane

Fanning, Elle, 1998-

Mirren, Helen

Goodman, John, 1952-

Stuhlbarg, Michael

Getz, John, 1946-

Elliott, David James, 1960-

Shapiro, Theodore, 1971-

Baumgarten, Alan, 1957-

Denault, Jim, 1960-

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Cook, Bruce, 1932-2003. Dalton Trumbo
Added Corporate Author:
Bleecker Street Films (Firm)

Shivhans Pictures (Firm)

Groundswell Productions

Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title:
Dalton Trumbo.
Language Note:
In English, with optional subtitles in Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for language including some sexual references.
Performer:
Bryan Cranston, Louis C.K., Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Elle Fanning, David Maldonado, John Getz, Laura Flannery, David James Elliott.
Production Credits:
Music, Theodore Shapiro ; editor, Alan Baumgarten ; director of photography, Jim Denault.
OCLC Number:
ocn936339760
Availability:
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