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RKO 281

Name: RKO 281
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 1999-11-20
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.5

★ 6,5 /10 (101 Votes)

1999 EN 84 min

Overview

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.

Stream

Release date

20/11/1999

Votes

101

Popularity

1.9

What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.

Genres

Drama History TV Movie

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

84 min

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

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Simeon Andrews

John Houseman

William Armstrong

Mr. Lewis

Jay Benedict

Darryl Zanuck

Ron Berglas

David O. Selznick

Paul Birchard

Top Brass #2

Neil Conrich

Mr. Thomson

Michael Cronin

Joseph Willicombe

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Sarah Franzl

Dorothy Comingore

Briony Glassco

Script Girl

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Louis Hammond

Flunkie #2

Aaron Keeling

Young Orson Welles

Joseph Long

Harry Cohn

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Gareth Marks

Top Brass #1

Olivier Pierre

Sam Goldwyn

Roger Rose

News Reader

Rolf Saxon

Flunkie #1

Adrian Schiller

Paul Stewart

Kerry Shale

Bernard Herrmann

Cyril Shaps

Jeweller

Tusse Silberg

Welles' Mother

Toby Whithouse

Sound Technician

Tim Woodward

Jack Warner

Angus Wright

Joseph Cotten

Bobby Valentino

Clark Gable

Original Soundtrack

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RKO 281 is a very underrated movie I haven't seen alot of people talking about. It's based in part upon the real-life story of the behind the scenes of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, and in part of the documentary The Battle over Citizen Kane that made as a part of The American Experience. Orson Welles (Liev Schreiber) has been offered a carte blanche-contract with RKO after his legendary War of the Worlds broadcast, however he has troubles coming up with a picture, and he lacks inspiration. One night, at a party hosted by newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst (James Cromwell) he finds the …

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