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Trumbo

When they tried to silence him, he made the world listen.

So are you really a commie?

This film is set during the height of the McCarthy era in the USA, where leading media figures were investigated for their alleged sympathies to communism, The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. However he has powerful friends in the industry, and they conspire to let him continue working undercover. His most famous script is probably Spartacus, starring Kirk Douglas.

124 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language, Drug abuse)
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Bryan Cranston, Michael Stuhlbarg, Diana Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis CK, Elle Fanning, John Goodman
Director	Jay Roach
Screenplay	John McNamara, from the book by Bruce Cook
Music	Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography	Jim Denault
Editing	Alan Baumgarten
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2015
Produced by	Groundswell Productions, ShivHans Pictures

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Moderate impact, frequent
Nudity	Low impact, infrequent
Sex	None
Violence	Low impact, infrequent
Prejudice	Low impact, infrequent
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)
Suggested age limit	Positive messages	Positive role models
16
Violence	Sex	Language

Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	15
Die BurgerPaul Boekkooi	15
Cape TimesJordan Mintzer	10
International Media
ScreenIt (USA)Jim Judy	12
Metacritic.com33 critics	12
Metacritic.com55 users	15
RottenTomatoes.com139 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	15
RottenTomatoes.com17867 users	14
Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics	13
CommonSenseMedia (USA)Staff evaluation	15
Internet (IMDB)17253 Netizens	15

Average .. 68%	14

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