Connection to the previous post (TOTAL RECALL): Brydan Cranston starred in both films.
Ratings: IMDB ― 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes ― 73%, ME ― 78%
Ratings: IMDB ― 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes ― 73%, ME ― 78%
Frank King: [Agreeing to hire Trumbo] All right, when do I get my goods?.
Dalton Trumbo: Three days.
Frank King: A hundred page screenplay in three days? Are you trying to fuck me? 'Cause if you fuck me I will fuck you.
Dalton Trumbo: Mr. King, I've heard this speech.
[pause]
Dalton Trumbo: It was better in jail.
Dalton Trumbo won two "Best Writing, Motion Picture Story" Academy Awards during the 1950s but was unable to accept either of them, since both movies' credits had used "fronts" (real people who agreed to take credit for the scripts while Trumbo was blacklisted). The first movie for which Trumbo won an Oscar was the Audrey Hepburn-Gregory Peck romantic comedy Roman Holiday (1953). For this movie, Trumbo's front was Ian McLellan Hunter (who actually was also a screenwriter in his own right); Hunter was also later blacklisted. In 1993, after both Trumbo and Hunter were both dead, the Academy attempted to retrieve the Oscar that had been presented to Hunter and present it instead to Trumbo's widow, but Hunter's son, Tim, himself a director (River's Edge (1986), Tex (1982), etc.) refused to relinquish it, so the Academy instead presented Mrs. Trumbo with a new statuette. On Roman Holiday's 2003 DVD release, Trumbo was credited in place of Hunter. The second movie for which Trumbo won an Oscar was the family drama The Brave One (1956). For this film, Trumbo's front was named Robert Rich; unlike Ian McLellan Hunter, Rich was not actually a screenwriter himself but just a nephew of the movie's producers. The Academy re-presented that Oscar statuette to Trumbo in May 1975, roughly a year and a half before Trumbo's death.
Arlen Hird reveals to Dalton Trumbo that he has lung cancer. Bryan Cranston's character Walter White in Breaking Bad (2008) is also diagnosed with lung cancer.
John Goodman as Frank King and Bryan Cranston as Dlaton Trumbo
Trivia (From IMDB):
Jay Roach claimed that many of the scenes featuring Trumbo writing alone at his desk or in the bathtub were improvised by Bryan Cranston while the cameras rolled, and that Cranston was genuinely composing complete sentences on the page.
Steve Martin has written that very early in his career his girlfriend and her "different" family introduced him to new ideas and intellectual opportunities. Her father was Dalton Trumbo. Martin had never heard of Dalton Trumbo.
Bryan Cranston revealed in a radio interview that Kirk Douglas approved of the film, but his major complaint was that he wasn't asked to play himself.
Dean O'Gorman wrote to Kirk Douglas for his advice about playing him in the film. Douglas wrote back, telling the 38-year-old actor to be professional and trust his instinct: "Playing Kirk Douglas, forget him ... just play the part and you will be fine."
Gary Oldman was considered for the role of Dalton Trumbo.
Alan Tudyk entertained his on-screen son, Elijah Miskowski, and the other kids on set by performing the voices of King Candy (Wreck-It Ralph (2012)), Duke (Frozen (2013)), and Alister Krei (Big Hero 6 (2014)). The boys were impressed to discover he was also the marine voice from Halo 3 (2007) and it made Alan the "kid magnet" during the early shooting of Trumbo.
In real-life Edward G. Robinson was nearly 12 years older than Dalton Trumbo, and 14 years older than John Wayne, despite appearing significantly younger than both men in the film.
John Goodman appeared in Always (1989), written by Dalton Trumbo.
This is the third feature film in four years in which John Goodman played the owner or an important employee of a movie company, following The Artist (2011) and Argo (2012). Interestingly, both prior films won Oscars for Best Picture. Goodman also played a 1960s-era producer of cheap horror movies in Matinee (1993).
In the Trumbo living room, an initiation certificate is hanging from Delta Tau Delta fraternity. The real Dalton Trumbo was a member of this fraternity at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
In the middle of the movie, Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) is asked how her son is doing. She replies that he is doing well and is in the Navy. Hedda Hopper's son was William Hopper, of "Perry Mason" TV series (1957-1966) fame, who indeed served in the Pacific in the U.S. Navy during WW II.
The real Dalton Trumbo's membership card number in the Communist Party was 47187.
The real Otto Preminger was a voice actor in The Hobbit (1977). Dean O'Gorman (Kirk) appeared in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy.
In the middle of the movie, Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) is asked how her son is doing in the Navy. Hedda Hopper's son was William Hopper, of "Perry Mason" TV series (1957-1966) fame.
Based on a true story.
Four actors starred in Ben Affleck movies, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman in Argo (2012), Diane Lane in both Hollywoodland (2006) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Elle Fanning in Live by Night (2016).
At one point in the movie, Cleo talks about her first husband, called Hal. In Malcolm in the Middle (2000), Bryan Cranston played a husband (Malcolm's father) - a character who was also called Hal.
Trivia (From IMDB):
Jay Roach claimed that many of the scenes featuring Trumbo writing alone at his desk or in the bathtub were improvised by Bryan Cranston while the cameras rolled, and that Cranston was genuinely composing complete sentences on the page.
Steve Martin has written that very early in his career his girlfriend and her "different" family introduced him to new ideas and intellectual opportunities. Her father was Dalton Trumbo. Martin had never heard of Dalton Trumbo.
Bryan Cranston revealed in a radio interview that Kirk Douglas approved of the film, but his major complaint was that he wasn't asked to play himself.
Dean O'Gorman wrote to Kirk Douglas for his advice about playing him in the film. Douglas wrote back, telling the 38-year-old actor to be professional and trust his instinct: "Playing Kirk Douglas, forget him ... just play the part and you will be fine."
Gary Oldman was considered for the role of Dalton Trumbo.
Alan Tudyk entertained his on-screen son, Elijah Miskowski, and the other kids on set by performing the voices of King Candy (Wreck-It Ralph (2012)), Duke (Frozen (2013)), and Alister Krei (Big Hero 6 (2014)). The boys were impressed to discover he was also the marine voice from Halo 3 (2007) and it made Alan the "kid magnet" during the early shooting of Trumbo.
In real-life Edward G. Robinson was nearly 12 years older than Dalton Trumbo, and 14 years older than John Wayne, despite appearing significantly younger than both men in the film.
John Goodman appeared in Always (1989), written by Dalton Trumbo.
This is the third feature film in four years in which John Goodman played the owner or an important employee of a movie company, following The Artist (2011) and Argo (2012). Interestingly, both prior films won Oscars for Best Picture. Goodman also played a 1960s-era producer of cheap horror movies in Matinee (1993).
In the Trumbo living room, an initiation certificate is hanging from Delta Tau Delta fraternity. The real Dalton Trumbo was a member of this fraternity at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
In the middle of the movie, Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) is asked how her son is doing. She replies that he is doing well and is in the Navy. Hedda Hopper's son was William Hopper, of "Perry Mason" TV series (1957-1966) fame, who indeed served in the Pacific in the U.S. Navy during WW II.
The real Dalton Trumbo's membership card number in the Communist Party was 47187.
The real Otto Preminger was a voice actor in The Hobbit (1977). Dean O'Gorman (Kirk) appeared in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy.
In the middle of the movie, Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) is asked how her son is doing in the Navy. Hedda Hopper's son was William Hopper, of "Perry Mason" TV series (1957-1966) fame.
Based on a true story.
Four actors starred in Ben Affleck movies, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman in Argo (2012), Diane Lane in both Hollywoodland (2006) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Elle Fanning in Live by Night (2016).
At one point in the movie, Cleo talks about her first husband, called Hal. In Malcolm in the Middle (2000), Bryan Cranston played a husband (Malcolm's father) - a character who was also called Hal.
Spoilers ―
Edward G. Robinson testified four times in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee and the fourth time, on April 30th 1952, named Albert Maltz, Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Frank Tuttle, Edward Dmytryk and Sidney Buchman. He also expressed regret at his association with the Communist Party, proclaiming himself a "dupe." However, one character mentioned in the movie, Arlen Hird - played by Louis C.K.never actually existed. He is, in fact, an amalgam of several historical blacklisted writers.
Edward G. Robinson testified four times in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee and the fourth time, on April 30th 1952, named Albert Maltz, Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Frank Tuttle, Edward Dmytryk and Sidney Buchman. He also expressed regret at his association with the Communist Party, proclaiming himself a "dupe." However, one character mentioned in the movie, Arlen Hird - played by Louis C.K.never actually existed. He is, in fact, an amalgam of several historical blacklisted writers.
Dalton Trumbo won two "Best Writing, Motion Picture Story" Academy Awards during the 1950s but was unable to accept either of them, since both movies' credits had used "fronts" (real people who agreed to take credit for the scripts while Trumbo was blacklisted). The first movie for which Trumbo won an Oscar was the Audrey Hepburn-Gregory Peck romantic comedy Roman Holiday (1953). For this movie, Trumbo's front was Ian McLellan Hunter (who actually was also a screenwriter in his own right); Hunter was also later blacklisted. In 1993, after both Trumbo and Hunter were both dead, the Academy attempted to retrieve the Oscar that had been presented to Hunter and present it instead to Trumbo's widow, but Hunter's son, Tim, himself a director (River's Edge (1986), Tex (1982), etc.) refused to relinquish it, so the Academy instead presented Mrs. Trumbo with a new statuette. On Roman Holiday's 2003 DVD release, Trumbo was credited in place of Hunter. The second movie for which Trumbo won an Oscar was the family drama The Brave One (1956). For this film, Trumbo's front was named Robert Rich; unlike Ian McLellan Hunter, Rich was not actually a screenwriter himself but just a nephew of the movie's producers. The Academy re-presented that Oscar statuette to Trumbo in May 1975, roughly a year and a half before Trumbo's death.
Arlen Hird reveals to Dalton Trumbo that he has lung cancer. Bryan Cranston's character Walter White in Breaking Bad (2008) is also diagnosed with lung cancer.
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