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"Trumbo"-lots of NY stage actors, big mistake about Edward G. Robinson
Posted by: PlayWiz 02:38 pm EST 12/21/15
The film is wonderful with great work by among other Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Roger Bart, John Goodman and Michael Stuhlgarg (as Edward G. Robinson). However, the film makes big historical error in having (SPOILER ALERT): Robinson "name names" before the House Un-American Committee. He apparently was called in front of them and gave the names of organizations, but did not name specific people. This is a rather egregious error; I had never heard of Robinson talked about in the manner of Elia Kazan and Jerome Robbins: i.e. people who did 'name names". From a dramatic sense, this serves the film, but it does not serve the memory of Mr. Robinson.
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