A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Quatro ícones culturais dos anos 1950 (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio e o senador Joseph McCarthy) que teoricamente poderiam ter se conhecido, mas provavelmente não, ficcionalmente participam desta moderna fábula americana do pós Segunda Guerra Mundial. Visualmente intrigante, o filme tem uma progressão fluida de flash-backs e flash-forwards centradas em ficcionais observações atuais de Einstein, memórias de infância e apreensões com o futuro.
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.
An inventive remembrance of the impact of the Hollywood blacklist on two American classics, rendered as a visually mesmerizing dialogue between Carl Foreman and Elia Kazan.
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sympathized with its cause. The eventful life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), one of the Hollywood Ten, serves to analyze this sadness, the tragedy of Spain and its consequences.
Jimmy McNamara is an ex-writer and WWII vet turned accountant who receives a call from Vivian, his ex-fiance and nightclub singer. Vivian got a Hollywood contract and is taking Jimmy with her. All he has to do is retrieve the negatives of compromising pictures that put her bright future in danger. But Jimmy's mission might not be as simple as it seems.
Documentary by lifelong friend that supports the innocence of Alger Hiss (convicted in January 1950 on two counts of espionage-related perjury)