Abstract:
The present research study aims to provide a comprehensive cinematic examination of Jay Roach’s film Trumbo (2015) and its portrayal of the Blacklist era in Hollywood; through mainly centring on the film's portrayal of the personal and professional struggles faced by Dalton Trumbo, a prominent screenwriter during the Red Scare. With the unfolding events of
the Cold War and the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy; along with his McCarthyism, rampant and resentful anti-communist sentiments soon gripped the American population, letting thus ground to intense fear and hysteria....
