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Game, fighting the good fight. rub my face in it. whisper a movie you've written in secret. maybe i've even heard of it. >> maybe you have. >> i'm joined by emmy and tony-award winning actor bryan cranston and the director jay roche. i saw you as lyndon johnson. this is spectacular. >> thanks. >> 1200 bucks. >> all right. livelihood. against the odds he manages to pen two academy award-winning screenplays in defiance of the blacklist. >> one of trumbo's statements is defense is like a cornerstone of american democracy, without dissent our country wouldn't

Membership in the communist party lands him in the crosshairs of the house unamerican activity committee. jailed for contempt in congress and banned from gainful employment, he works under assumed names to keep his livelihood. he pens two academy-award winning screen plays. here is a clip of cranstons with trumbo and heada hopper played by helen mirren. >> i'm buying. usual. same again with. >> yes, ms. hopper. >> oh, come on. i hear the rumors. show me you're still in the game, fighting the good fight. rub my face in it. whisper a movie you've written in secret. maybe i've even heard of it.

>> he loved us differently, but his whole life was about the streets. his whole life was about that chase, the streets. and i believe, you know, he just -- it was so in him that there's no way he was going to change. >> do you work today? >> yes, i do. >> what do you do? >> i write. i wrote a book. i wrote some screenplays. the movie -- >> is that what puts food on the table? is it buried somewhere? >> no believe me. do the math. they tried to in trial three make it a money case and said connect the dots and follow the money. i told them let me know when you're done because you're going to see...

>> after reams of embarrassing e-mails, movies, screen plays and employees personal information were released online. they are claiming responsibility for hacking into sony pictures is making threats that extend far beyond hollywood, all in an attempt to stop the release of the film "the interview." . >> the goal is very clear. they want the movie pulled and not released. >> reporter: the group takes aim at theaters that show the movie. the message says the world will be full of fear him remember 2001. homeland officials said in a statement, quote, at this time there is no credible intelligenc...

And a contractor saying he's not giving all the information. if he did not admit he was the number three person of al qaeda, he's not cooperating. we knew he was not the number three person, not even an al qaeda member. they dropped the fact he is a member of al qaeda from charges against him. >> you still have former cia directors saying he was a member of al qaeda. >> i think that's fascinating. i think it's fascinating. i think it's fascinating after all these years, after all these years we have no idea who is who in the enemy. >> great to have you on. thank you. >> thank you. coming up,...