Bryan Cranston gives an Oscar-nominated performance as Hollywood’s greatest screenwriter Dalton Trumbo who was blacklisted for his political beliefs at the height of Cold War paranoia. Refusing to sacrifice his principles, Trumbo 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.