I am Spartacus.....well no I wrote the screenplay and those words... Dalton Trumbo [View all]

For your holiday season movies considerations........Trumbo

Staring;

Bryan Cranston as Trumbo
with
Helen Mirren, Lewis CK.John Goodman and others

Awards, 1 win and 24 nominations

n 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203606/

James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist. As one of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo won two Academy Awards while blacklisted; one (for Roman Holiday) was originally given to a front writer, and one (for The Brave One) was awarded to "Robert Rich", Trumbo's pseudonym.[1][2]
Blacklisting effectively ended in 1960 when it lost credibility. Trumbo was given credit for two blockbuster films: Otto Preminger made public that Trumbo wrote the screenplay for the smash hit, Exodus, and Kirk Douglas announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of Spartacus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo


The movie includes many of his real life statements, letters from prison, but in general
a good movie


BTW.. He wrote one of the best presidential assassination movies too
Executive Action

Enjoy your family and friends over this holiday season