Flashback to the 1999 Academy Awards ceremony and you’ll remember the controversial presentation of an honorary Oscar to director Elia Kazan, who “named names” during the HUAC hearings. Though Hollywood blacklisting is not a prominent topic of discussion in contemporary times, that fated evening nine years ago reminds us of the weight that the loaded subject continues to carry. However forgotten blacklisting may be for the new wave of Tinseltown power players, it contributed to shaping the current moviemaking landscape and is all too relevant considering today’s sensitive political climate. In an age where the Patriot Act’s nefarious legality impinges upon the Constitutional rights of citizens, the parallels between Cold War politics and those of today are obvious. Trumbo, director Peter Askin’s documentary about screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, one of the famed “Hollywood 10” and the man responsible for penning Spartacus, is based on Christopher Trumbo’s epistolary play about his

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