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RKO 281
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When RKO Pictures began work on production number 281, no one could have imagined that they were making perhaps the greatest American film of all time. But the moment Orson Welles (played by Liev Schreiber) announced that he intended to make a film based on the life of tyranical multi-millionaire publisher William Randolph Hearst (James Cromwell), they knew that they had trouble on their hands. Welles, the enfant terrible of American theater and a household name thanks to his infamous radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's '+The War Of The Worlds,' was signed to direct films for RKO, and he was given an unusually free hand to make whatever sort of film he wanted. But what Welles didn't count on was the power of Hearst to keep his film from being seen. RKO 281 is based on the true story of the making of Citizen Kane and the war of words between Welles and Hearst. It also stars Melanie Griffith as Hearst's mistress Marion Davies, John Malkovich as screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Brenda Blethyn as Hearst's movie columnist Louella Parsons, and Roy Scheider as George Schaefer.
When RKO Pictures began work on production number 281, no one could have imagined that they were making perhaps the greatest American film of all time. But the moment Orson Welles (played by Liev Schreiber) announced that he intended to make a film based on the life of tyranical multi-millionaire publisher William Randolph Hearst (James Cromwell), they knew that they had trouble on their hands. Welles, the enfant terrible of American theater and a household name thanks to his infamous radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's '+The War Of The Worlds,' was signed to direct films for RKO, and he was given an unusually free hand to make whatever sort of film he wanted. But what Welles didn't count on was the power of Hearst to keep his film from being seen. RKO 281 is based on the true story of the making of Citizen Kane and the war of words between Welles and Hearst. It also stars Melanie Griffith as Hearst's mistress Marion Davies, John Malkovich as screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Brenda Blethyn as Hearst's movie columnist Louella Parsons, and Roy Scheider as George Schaefer.
Actors:
Liev Schreiber,
James Cromwell,
Melanie Griffith,
John Malkovich,
Brenda Blethyn,
Roy Scheider,
Liam Cunningham,
David Suchet,
Fiona Shaw,
Anastasia Hille,
Roger Allam,
...»

Liev Schreiber
4 October 1967, San Francisco, California, USA

James Cromwell
27 January 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA

Melanie Griffith
9 August 1957, New York City, New York, USA

John Malkovich
9 December 1953, Christopher, Illinois, USA

Brenda Blethyn
20 February 1946, Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK

Roy Scheider
10 November 1932, Orange, New Jersey, USA

Liam Cunningham
2 June 1961, Dublin, Ireland

David Suchet
2 May 1946, Paddington, London, England, UK

Fiona Shaw
10 July 1958, County Cork, Ireland

Anastasia Hille
1965, London, England, UK

Roger Allam
26 October 1953, London, England, UK
Director:
Benjamin Ross

Benjamin Ross
1964, London, England, UK
Country:
United States, United Kingdom
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