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1990

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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 .. Read more

Starring	Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig
Director	Irwin Winkler
Genres	Drama

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- 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
- 32283
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  - 0
  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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  - England
  - 28 Jul 2004 at 15:30
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- - 0
  - 0
  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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- - Scottiemac
  - 10 reviews
  - 27 Oct 2011 at 09:21
- - 0
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  Definitely worth a view
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Although it didn't get much hoop-la in the press when released, this film centres on the story of a (fictitious) director who had been abroad & returns ... read more »
  
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- - DianainLondon
  - 41 reviews
  - London
  - 11 Feb 2009 at 15:01
- - 0
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  Not bad
  
  I think it's a bit political. But I like Rober DeNiro's act.
  
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  - England
  - 10 Oct 2006 at 19:06
- - 0
  - 0
  De Niro good as ever
  
  but what happened, it just got interesting with the hearing and then it finished. Surely someone could have got a better ending than having to read about the US... read more »
  
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  - Canterbury, Kent
  - 24 Jan 2006 at 14:26
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  A nightmare from history.
  
  A perfect example of what can happen in a free country when prejudice, fear and suspicion of ones fellow citizens is encouraged by the rulers of a country.read more »
  
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- - jigsawman
  - North Lanarkshire
  - 14 Aug 2005 at 15:43
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  A piece of real life.
  
  A piece of real and unfortunately sad American life. Very interesting and worth seeing. Political history that everybody should know about.
  
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- - mikymax
  - West Sussex
  - 18 May 2005 at 19:57
- - 8
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 28 Jul 2004 at 15:30
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- - 8
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 12700
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - England
  - 28 Jul 2004 at 15:30
- - 0
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  De Niro good as ever
  
  but what happened, it just got interesting with the hearing and then it finished. Surely someone could have got a better ending than having to read about the US... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 197886
- - a customer
  - Canterbury, Kent
  - 24 Jan 2006 at 14:26
- - 0
  - 0
  A piece of real life.
  
  A piece of real and unfortunately sad American life. Very interesting and worth seeing. Political history that everybody should know about.
  
  Report this review
- 335130
- - mikymax
  - West Sussex
  - 18 May 2005 at 19:57
- - 0
  - 0
  A nightmare from history.
  
  A perfect example of what can happen in a free country when prejudice, fear and suspicion of ones fellow citizens is encouraged by the rulers of a country.read more »
  
  Report this review
- 343713
- - jigsawman
  - North Lanarkshire
  - 14 Aug 2005 at 15:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Not bad
  
  I think it's a bit political. But I like Rober DeNiro's act.
  
  Report this review
- 372716
- - a customer
  - England
  - 10 Oct 2006 at 19:06
- - 0
  - 0
  Definitely worth a view
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Although it didn't get much hoop-la in the press when released, this film centres on the story of a (fictitious) director who had been abroad & returns ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 706897
- - DianainLondon
  - 41 reviews
  - London
  - 11 Feb 2009 at 15:01
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 1055754
- - Scottiemac
  - 10 reviews
  - 27 Oct 2011 at 09:21

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Critics' reviews
- 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
- 32283
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...Excellent period recreation...superb craft contributions on every level, with special praise for Michael Ballhaus' cinematography..."
- 11283
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- Film director David Merrill (De Niro) refuses to name names to the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951,... read more on Time Out
- 45582
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...Gripping drama....[De Niro gives a] fine and affecting performance..."
- 11282
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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- Guilty By Suspicion
  
  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 ...