1h 24m1999
RKO 281
“What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.”
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In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
- Director
- Benjamin Ross
- Writers
- Richard Ben Cramer, Thomas Lennon, John Logan
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Release date
- 20 November 1999
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Cast
Liev Schreiber
Orson Welles
James Cromwell
William Randolph Hearst
Melanie Griffith
Marion Davies
John Malkovich
Herman Mankiewicz
Liam Cunningham
Gregg Toland
David Suchet
Louis B. Mayer
Fiona Shaw
Hedda Hopper
Anastasia Hille
Carole Lombard
Brenda Blethyn
Louella Parsons
Roy Scheider
George Schaefer
Roger Allam
Walt Disney
Simeon Andrews
John Houseman
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