Trumbo (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Jay Roach |
| Written by | John McNamara |
| Based on | Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Cook |
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| Cinematography | Jim Denault |
| Edited by | Alan Baumgarten |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $13.3 million |
Trumbo is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Jay Roach and written by John McNamara. The film stars Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg as Edward G. Robinson, Dean O'Gorman as Kirk Douglas, and David James Elliott as John Wayne. The film follows the life of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, and is based on the 1977 biography Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Alexander Cook.
The film was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2015, and was released on November 6, 2015, by Bleecker Street. The film received generally positive reviews, with Bryan Cranston earning wide recognition for his performance, including the Best Actor nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.