RKO 281 (1999)

Directed by

Benjamin Ross

Genre

independent film, biographical film, docudrama, historical drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 101 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of the difficult making of Citizen Kane. It focuses on the director Orson Welles and the powerful media mogul William Randolph Hearst who tried to stop the movie.

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What happens

RKO 281 is a 1999 American historical drama television film directed by Benjamin Ross, written by John Logan, and starring Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Roy Scheider, and Liam Cunningham. The film depicts the troubled production behind the 1941 film Citizen Kane. The film's title is a reference to the original production number of Citizen Kane. It premiered on HBO on November 20, 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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