RKO 281

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

Duration: 84 min

Release date: 1999-11-20

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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.

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as Orson Welles

as William Randolph Hearst

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

as Marion Davies

as Herman Mankiewicz

Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham

as Gregg Toland

as Louis B. Mayer

as Hedda Hopper

Anastasia Hille

Anastasia Hille

as Carole Lombard

as Louella Parsons

as George Schaefer

as John Houseman

William Armstrong

William Armstrong

as Darryl Zanuck

as David O. Selznick

as Top Brass #2

as Joseph Willicombe

as Dorothy Comingore

as Young Orson Welles

as Top Brass #1

Adrian Schiller

Adrian Schiller

as Paul Stewart

as Bernard Herrmann

as Welles' Mother

as Sound Technician

as Joseph Cotten

Bobby Valentino

Bobby Valentino

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Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Maria Djurkovic

Maria Djurkovic

Production Design

Script Supervisor

Still Photographer

Costume Supervisor

Clive Derbyshire

Clive Derbyshire

Sound Recordist

Dialogue Editor

Jonathan Cronin

Jonathan Cronin

Supervising Sound Editor

Sound Effects Editor

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Visual Effects Supervisor

Lucinda Thomson

Lucinda Thomson

Tatiana Macdonald

Tatiana Macdonald

Property Master

Stewart Meachem

Stewart Meachem

Costume Designer

Diane Minter Lewis

Diane Minter Lewis

Co-Executive Producer

Co-Executive Producer

Richard Hammatt

Richard Hammatt

Stunt Coordinator

Stunt Coordinator

Unit Production Manager

Second Assistant Director

Camera Operator

Malcolm J. Sheehan

Malcolm J. Sheehan

Hair Department Head

Makeup Department Head

Third Assistant Director

Story Consultant

Richard Ben Cramer

Richard Ben Cramer

Story Consultant

Michael Epstein

Michael Epstein

Story Consultant

Special Effects

Post Production Supervisor

Post Production Supervisor

Michelle Greaves

Michelle Greaves

Michael Stainer

Michael Stainer

First Assistant Director

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