"What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes." 20 November 1999 Drama, History, TV Movie 84 mins
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.
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Liev Schreiber as Orson Welles
James Cromwell as William Randolph Hearst
Melanie Griffith as Marion Davies
John Malkovich as Herman Mankiewicz
Liam Cunningham as Gregg Toland
David Suchet as Louis B. Mayer
Fiona Shaw as Hedda Hopper
Anastasia Hille as Carole Lombard
Brenda Blethyn as Louella Parsons
Roy Scheider as George Schaefer
Roger Allam as Walt Disney
Simeon Andrews as John Houseman
William Armstrong as Mr. Lewis
Jay Benedict as Darryl Zanuck
Ron Berglas as David O. Selznick
Paul Birchard as Top Brass #2
Benjamin Ross Director
Su Armstrong Producer
Ridley Scott Executive Producer
Tony Scott Executive Producer
John Altman Original Music Composer
Mike Southon Director of Photography
Alex Mackie Editor
Maria Djurkovic Production Design
Heather Storr Script Supervisor
Stephen Morley Still Photographer
Ali Goss Costume Supervisor
Clive Derbyshire Sound Recordist
Gordon Brown Dialogue Editor
Jonathan Cronin ADR Editor
Nick Adams Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Wrightson Sound Effects Editor
Die Legende - Der Kampf um Citizen Kane Trailer
ザ・ディレクター[市民ケーン]の真実 Trailer
RKO 281: The Battle Over Citizen Kane Trailer
Argentina 07 April 2000
Germany 11 October 2000
Spain 07 April 2000
France 06 December 2000
Italy 20 April 2001
United States 20 November 1999
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from RKO 281:
Filme produzido pela HBO para televisão que conta a história do dramaturgo roteirista diretor e ator Orson Welles em Hollywood para fazer o seu primeiro ...
Coming to Hollywood as a celebrated boy genius featuring a spectacular career arc in New York including his "War of the Worlds" radio hoax Orson Welles is ...
RKO 281 - LA VERA STORIA DI QUARTO POTERE Genere: Drammatico Durata: 83 Pellicola: Per tutti Nazionalitá: Data di uscita: 20/04/2001 Festival: ...
A tv ad for RKO 281 on HBO.
This is my favorite scene from the 1999 HBO film RKO The movie is about a young Orson Wells trying to make/finish Citizen Kane and William Randolph ...
Filming Citizen Kane Orson Welles "replaces" the camera.
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