Oct 21st at 4:30 & 7:00
(96 Minutes, PG-13, Documentary)

Trumbo is a unique, star-studded film about Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and his heroic journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Set against the backdrop of tremendous political unrest, audiences will be given a first hand, emotional account of how this turmoil affected one of the Hollywood’s most prolific writers.

Based on the play “Trumbo,” by his son Christopher, the film features brilliant readings of some of Trumbo’s extraordinary letters performed by an A-list cast, interlaced with period and contemporary interviews, and rare video shot by his family and friends. These actors include: Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Nathan Lane, Josh Lucas, Liam Neeson, David Staithairn, and Donald Sutherland.

“The readings of Dalton Trumbo’s letters to family and friends are starkly rendered—famous faces…recite rousing missives without the aid of sets or props of any kind save for Trumbo’s own thunderous proclamations in defense of free speech.” – Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice

“The substance of those letters, along with documentary footage and a touching appearance by Kirk Douglas, throws a baleful light on a bleak chapter of American history.” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

“Trumbo is an unconventional film about an unconventional man.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Time

“Trumbo is well worth seeing for what it tells us about the age in which this irrepressible individualist lived, loved, suffered and finally triumphed.” – Andrew Sarris, New York Observer