A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Acting
Hank Azaria's unhinged Blitzstein energy carries entire scenes.
Production
Recreated 1930s NYC with obsessive period detail.
Director
Tim Robbins
Hank Azaria
Marc Blitzsetin
Rubén Blades
Diego Rivera
Joan Cusack
Hazel Huffman
John Cusack
Nelson Rockefeller
Cary Elwes
John Houseman
Philip Baker Hall
Gray Mathers
Cherry Jones
Hallie Flanagan
Angus Macfadyen
Orson Welles
Bill Murray
Tommy Crickshaw
Vanessa Redgrave
Countess Constance La Grave
Susan Sarandon
Margherita Sarfatti
Jamey Sheridan
John Adair
John Turturro
Aldo Silvano
Emily Watson
Olive Stanton
Bob Balaban
Harry Hopkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Orson Welles refused to let his name be used; Angus Macfadyen plays him as 'Young Actor.'
The 1937 musical was a Federal Theatre Project production shut down for its anti-capitalist themes—Robbins spent years trying to make this film because Hollywood kept saying it was 'too political.'
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