Event

Trumbo

Saturday, March 5 at 2 pm we present Academy Award nominated "Trumbo", starring Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Louis C.K., Diane Lane and more.

James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist, who scripted films including "Roman Holiday", "Exodus", "Spartacus", and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo". One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry, and was subsequently blacklisted by that industry.

He continued working clandestinely, and his uncredited work won two Academy Awards; the one for "Roman Holiday" (1953) was given to a front writer, and the one for "The Brave One" (1956) was awarded to a pseudonym. The public crediting of him as the writer of both Exodus and Spartacus in 1960 marked the end of the Hollywood Blacklist and his earlier achievements were eventually credited to him.

"Trumbo" (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton (played by Bryan Cranston)used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.

Tickets are $7.00 general admission and available online, at Seastrand (919 Linden Ave., by cash or check only) and at the theater box office prior to screening. This film is rated "R" for language - however the general opinion is that it should have received a "PG-13". The run time for this film is 2 hours.