RKO 281
movie
What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.
Released November 20, 1999
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.
Cast
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
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Simeon Andrews
as
John Houseman
Crew
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Su Armstrong
as
Producer
Tony Scott
as
Executive Producer
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John Altman
as
Original Music Composer
Ridley Scott
as
Executive Producer
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Mike Southon
as
Director of Photography
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Alex Mackie
as
Editor
Benjamin Ross
as
Director
Maria Djurkovic
as
Production Design
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Mike Dowson
as
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Ali Goss
as
Costume Supervisor
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Stephen Morley
as
Still Photographer
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Mark Taylor
as
Sound Re-Recording Mixer