Trumbo

The true story of Dalton Trumbo a Hollywood screen writer who is found to have communist beliefs and a member of the American communist party. He is Put in front of the American state congress to answer questions that he and another nine writers put their communist views into their movies. He was put in jail for doing so, however when he goes in his daughter is blonde, on his release she is two feet taller and a red head hmm! we see the toll it has taken or how much he has aged being inside however he has changed he becomes harsh and very focused to make his way back into the Hollywood elite. His family are made into couriers to stop anyone thinking that Dalton is back writing for any film company. He has taken on rewrites of bad scripts under pseudonyms.

Under one of the names he wrote Roman Holiday a huge success and even an Oscar came his way which obviously he didn’t get to accept it. For his name was mud.

So struggling on and on he wrote the brave one. Under the name Robert Rich The film again was up for the awards. And won. Then along came kirk Douglas asking Trumbo to fix his script and with a huge Hollywood cast. Spartacus was rewritten. Hollywood comes knocking at the door with director Otto Preminger at the end of the knocker. Asking for Dalton to write Exodus. With the President J.F.K endorsing the film there was only one way this movie was going to end. That being with Trumbo back in the heart of Hollywood. And able to rebuild his career. The black list was becoming more grey.

In a speech finally accepting and Oscar Dalton Trumbo speaks of being victimised how sticking to his principles lost jobs and homes and those who chose to compromise on theirs.

With big names like Brian Cranston one of my favourite actors not for breaking bad but for Malcom in the middle and Helen Mirren sorry didn’t think she was all that good but its Helen, The film and these two will be on the awards list for sure, but this year I feel there is nothing standing out. When the academy put The Martian into the comedy section and best movie category I was shocked and saddened, so who knows what will happen this year, for there are no fantastic films only ok to good ones.