Hollywood, 1950. When David Merrill (Robert De Niro), one of Hollywood's top directors, returns from a recuperative European hiatus, he finds himself in a tinsel town he no longer recognizes. His friends are ill at ease, good folks won't talk openly anymore and the House Un-American Activities Committee regularly interrogates .. Read more
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig |
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| Director | Irwin Winkler |
| Genres | Drama |
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Hollywood, 1950. When David Merrill (Robert De Niro), one of Hollywood's top directors, returns from a recuperative European hiatus, he finds himself in a tinsel town he no longer recognizes. His friends are ill at ease, good folks won't talk openly anymore and the House Un-American Activities Committee regularly interrogates some of Hollywood's finest. Initially, David's not concerned, but when an old friend identifies him as a leftist, he begins to realize that he's living in an era plagued by suspicion.
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig, Sam Wanamaker, Martin Scorsese |
|---|---|
| Director | Irwin Winkler |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1990 To Rent: DVD: 30 Jun 2003 |
A weak, if well-meaning, attempt to deal with the period of blacklisting in Hollywood, but one that comes close to ignoring the complicity of the majority of studios in HUAC's activities. Martin Scorsese makes a brief appearance playing Joe Lesser, a dire
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BRILLIANT
Fantastic true story concerning the period that began in 1947 when american drew up a blacklist of communist members and intended to discover all of them. Not ... read more »
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Watch this and learn about history
Makes a good stab at capturing what it must have been like during the HUAC communist witch hunts era, including the dilemma people were forced to face about ... read more »
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Definitely worth a view
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Not bad
I think it's a bit political. But I like Rober DeNiro's act.
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