

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Acting
Cranston disappears into Trumbo's hunched, chain-smoking brilliance.
Costume
Cigarette holder as character development.
Production
Recreates 1940s Hollywood's paranoia in amber.

Director
Jay Roach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cranston chain-smoked herbal cigarettes and developed a genuine nicotine addiction during filming.
The real Trumbo wrote Roman Holiday and The Brave One while blacklisted, using fronts—he finally got his Oscar in 1975.
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