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That's why we had Louis C.K. portray the harder line Communist, to accuse [Dalton] Trumbo of being a hypocrite.

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Jay Roach
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 14
Cinematographer
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Mathew Jay Roach
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