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RKO 281 (1999)

1h 24m · 20 Nov 1999

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.

Movie ID5932
GenreDrama, History, TV Movie
DirectorBenjamin Ross
Main castLiev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet, Fiona Shaw, Anastasia Hille
Release date20 November 1999
Release year1999
LanguageEnglish
Duration84 min (1h 24m)
Rating6.5 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseScott Free Productions

Director: Benjamin Ross
Writers: John Logan

Top cast

Liev SchreiberOrson Welles James CromwellWilliam Randolph Hearst Melanie GriffithMarion Davies John MalkovichHerman Mankiewicz Liam CunninghamGregg Toland David SuchetLouis B. Mayer Fiona ShawHedda Hopper Anastasia HilleCarole Lombard Brenda BlethynLouella Parsons Roy ScheiderGeorge Schaefer Roger AllamWalt Disney
Simeon AndrewsJohn Houseman
William ArmstrongMr. Lewis Jay BenedictDarryl Zanuck Ron BerglasDavid O. Selznick Paul BirchardTop Brass #2 Neil ConrichMr. Thomson Michael CroninJoseph Willicombe
Sarah FranzlDorothy Comingore
Briony GlasscoScript Girl

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