RKO 281 poster
Screenplay John Logan
Director Benjamin Ross

RKO 281

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

Release Date: 2000-04-07

Duration: 84 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Brenda Blethyn
    Louella Parsons
  • Roy Scheider
    George Schaefer
  • Fiona Shaw
    Hedda Hopper
  • John Malkovich
    Herman Mankiewicz
  • Liev Schreiber
    Orson Welles
  • James Cromwell
    William Randolph Hearst
  • Liam Cunningham
    Gregg Toland
  • David Suchet
    Louis B. Mayer
  • Melanie Griffith
    Marion Davies
  • Tusse Silberg
    Welles' Mother

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