That's why Trumbo decided to create the character of Arlen Hird, played by Louis C.K. Louis C.K. Here's how Trumbo succeeds in telling the real story (spoilers ahead!). Communist or not, Trumbo is probably one of the most talented screenwriters ever â and it's great to finally have a movie about him that puts reality first. Louis C.K. She's probably the main villain of the film, and in Trumbo's real life. Bryan Cranston in ‘Trumbo’ (Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Bleecker Street via AP) By THR Staff. In the film's press notes, Niki said that being a communist in the '40s was totally different than what it means now. Freeze in Batman (1966) , Preminger is a lot more impressive as a determined director who resolves to help Trumbo break the blacklist. Helen Mirren does a spot-on portrayal of Hedda Hopper, who was essentially the Us Weekly, Perez Hilton and E! Images: Hilary Bronwyn Gail/Bleecker Street (5). He played 14 games for the club before moving to Essendon in 1940. Roach urged screenwriter John McNamara to reach out to the women, telling The Hollywood Reporter, "I encouraged him to get to know the people directly involved." It "meant that you were pro-labor and anti-Jim Crow, and you fought for civil rights for African Americans," she said. In fact, the movie opens with him splish-splashing, smoking and typing away in his watery desk. The Hollywood 10 was a real thing, and the film's portrayal of the 10 stays true to the facts â for the most part. plays Arlen Hird, a composite of five of the six Jewish members of the Hollywood 10, who wrote under assumed names. Trumbo offers to float Hird financially should the two lose their livelihoods. — cast in what for him is a straight-man role — is appropriately understated as fellow blacklister Arlen Hird. Roach urged screenwriter John McNamara to reach out, who wrote about Trumbo's love for the bath. "It had nothing to do with Russia and everything to do with how an already great country could improve itself." In 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and other Hollywood figures get blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo is a 2015 American biographical drama film . Trumbo's wife, Cleo (Diane Lane) is probably the only person who could ever stand up to the headstrong Hollywood icon. Synopsis Edit. In fact, he wasn't that well known even when he was a successful Hollywood screenwriter â mainly because the screenplays he wrote were under pseudonyms. The Academy eventually awarded him with an award in 1975 for The Brave One and then posthumously for Roman Holiday in 1993 for Roman Holiday. Hird later spent two years with the St Kilda Football Club as captain-coach, leaving at the end of 1947. Dalton and others, including Arlen Hird (Louis C.K.) With the help of Trumbo's daughters, the filmmakers were able to ensure that they made a well-balanced story that stayed close to the truth. The Allan T. Hird Stand was named in his honour at Windy Hill in Essendon, and he was an inaugural inductee into the club's Hall of Fame, given Legend status, in 1996. In the actual footage above, you can see his 1947 testimony in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities where he was held in contempt of Congress for not admitting to being a communist. Dalton Trumbo was an award-winning author and screenwriter who was blacklisted from the film industry from 1947 until the early 1960s due to his Communist ties. For Trumbo, sharing is the only credible bulwark against that dreaded end, as he indicates to Arlen Hird (Louis C.K. Yes, Trumbo was a communist. He was part of the "Hollywood 10," a group of artists who were barred from working during that time because of their alleged involvement in the communist party â but that didn't stop them from doing it anyway. Movies about the industry are almost as old as Tinseltown. The nominations for the 2016 SAG Awards were announced on Monday. Dalton Trumbo isn't a name that the average moviegoer would recognize. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip … From the portrayal of Hollywood's communist witch hunt to how Trumbo's career affected his family life, the film succeeds in keeping the truth upfront â and that's largely thanks to Trumbo's real-life daughters, Nikola and Melissa. But Trumbo is a story worth telling, writes BRIAN VINER. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. meet with Edward G. Robinson at his mansion; they discuss the scare tactics Congress is stirring up. Comedian and actor Louis C.K. Trumbo worked with Kirk Douglas when he wrote the script for Spartacus. At a meeting for the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, John Wayne gives a speech vilifying the Commies and declaring that they need to answer some questions. It was the first movie after being blacklisted where he didn't use a pseudonym. Fellow screenwriter Arlen Hird (Louis C.K.) Trumbo also won an Oscar for his screenplay for The Brave One, under the name Robert Rich. ), representing five other soon-to-be-blacklisted writers, calls Trumbo out on his paradox - 'you talk like a radical but you live like a rich guy.' Trumbo spent hours working in the tub â but that wasn't his only writing habit. has joined the cast of Dalton Trumbo biopic Trumbo.. C.K. (1967 - ) Trumbo (2015) [Arlen Hird]: Dies from cancer (off screen); his death is revealed when Garrett Hines informs Bryan Cranston and a scene takes place shortly afterward at his funeral. In his seven years as captain-coach of the Seconds, the team won the premiership twice, in 1950 and 1952 (Hird's last match), and was runner-up three times. Recruited from Williamstown, Hird joined the Hawthorn Football Club where he made his debut in 1938. His grandson is former Essendon player and coach James Hird. Trumbo Official Trailer -1 (2015) - Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren Biopic HD. Diane Lane is wonderful as his supporting wife and ditto Fanning as his daughter. While these writers continued to … He's a composite of five real-life communist screenwriters who knew Trumbo between 1947-1970: Samuel Ornitz, Alvah Bessie, Albert Maltz, Lester Cole, and John Howard Lawson. Cranston's re-enactment of the testimony is uncanny and one of the most memorable scenes in the film. challenges Trumbo. The addition of the familial relationships had another effect, too: humanizing the legendary Hollywood icon. 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, and Michael Stuhlbarg.The film follows the life of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, and is based on the 1977 biography Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Alexander Cook. 2 of 8 This photo provided by Bleecker Street shows, Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo, and Diane Lane as Cleo Trumbo, in Jay Roachâ s "Trumbo," a Bleecker Street release. Helen Mirren is a scene-stealer. Trumbo and members of the "10" found ways to write movies and get away with it, through some pretty creative methods. Louis C.K. ), these gentlemen refused to name names and were subsequently sentenced to serve time in federal prison. He is as animated, bright and intelligent as the real Trumbo must have been. Allan Thomas Hird Sr. (11 August 1918 – 16 May 2007) was an Australian rules football player, coach and executive in the Victorian Football League (now AFL). When comedian Louis C.K., a welcome dose of skepticism as a composite blacklisted character named Arlen Hird, asks Trumbo, "Do you have to … Hird joined Essendon's club committee in 1955–1958 and became treasurer for the 1959 and 1960 seasons. Trumbo was a workaholic, working 20 hours a day, smoking like a chimney, drinking booze, and popping stimulants to keep on going. She believed in Trumbo and all that he did, but was strong and independent herself. Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. That's why Trumbo decided to create the character of Arlen Hird, played by Louis C.K. They didn't care that Trumbo was a communist. Needless to say, it began to take a toll on his family â and you see all of this in the film. In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo ended up going to prison for 11 months because of his beliefs. A new film by Jay Roach attempts to tell this story, but exactly how accurate is Trumbo in retelling history? All but one of the 20 players, Allan Taylor,[2] in Hird's highly talented 1952 Essendon Seconds Premiership team that beat Collingwood Seconds 7.14 (56) to 4.5 (29) had either already played for the Essendon Firsts or would go on to do so in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan_Hird_Sr.&oldid=992733259, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 December 2020, at 20:39.