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Arlen Hird:
Look, I know what I am. Okay? I want this whole country to be different, top to bottom. If I get what I want, nobody gets their own lake. Dalton Trumbo:
Well, that would be a very dull life, don't you think? Arlen Hird:
Yeah, for you. Not for the guys who built this. If I'm wrong, tell me, but ever since I've known you, you talk like a radical. But you live like a rich guy. Dalton Trumbo:
That is true. Arlen Hird:
Well, I don't know that you're... I don't think you're willing to lose all of this just to do the right thing. Dalton Trumbo:
[scoffs]
Well, I despise martyrdom and I won't fight for a lost cause. So you're right. I'm not willing to lose it all. Certainly not them. But I am willing to risk it all. That's where the radical and the rich guy make a perfect combination. The radical may fight with the purity of Jesus. But the rich guy wins with the cunning of Satan
Look, I know what I am. Okay? I want this whole country to be different, top to bottom. If I get what I want, nobody gets their own lake. Dalton Trumbo:
Well, that would be a very dull life, don't you think? Arlen Hird:
Yeah, for you. Not for the guys who built this. If I'm wrong, tell me, but ever since I've known you, you talk like a radical. But you live like a rich guy. Dalton Trumbo:
That is true. Arlen Hird:
Well, I don't know that you're... I don't think you're willing to lose all of this just to do the right thing. Dalton Trumbo:
[scoffs]
Well, I despise martyrdom and I won't fight for a lost cause. So you're right. I'm not willing to lose it all. Certainly not them. But I am willing to risk it all. That's where the radical and the rich guy make a perfect combination. The radical may fight with the purity of Jesus. But the rich guy wins with the cunning of Satan
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Look I know what I am Okay
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I want this whole country
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to be different top to bottom
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If I get what I want nobody gets their own lake
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Well that would be a very dull life don't you think
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Yeah for you
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Not for the guys who built this
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If I'm wrong tell me but ever since I've known you
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you talk like a radical
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But you live like a rich guy
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That is true
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Well I don't know that you're
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I don't think you're willing to lose all of this
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just to do the right thing
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Well I despise martyrdom
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and I won't fight for a lost cause
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So you're right
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Movie Summary
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Actors
Arlen Hird
Dalton Trumbo
