Lumiere Theatre
1572 California St
415.267.4893
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Trumbo
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Aug 15, 2008 – Aug 21, 2008
Daily (schedule)
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- Price
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$10.50
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The Hollywood blacklist has already been extensively documented (most recently in Good Night, and Good Luck, 2005), but this extraordinary documentary about screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's legendary rise and fall as a Hollywood golden boy effectively separates the wheat from the chaff. Trumbo — whose screenplays include The Brave One (1957) and Johnny Got His Gun (1971), which he also directed — was one of those wonderfully cantankerous, articulate voices silenced by the HUAC in 1950. Adapted from his son Christopher's play based on his letters, this documentary pieces together monologues delivered by the likes of Paul Giamatti and Joan Allen with historical context that, sadly, proves all too timely today.
