

What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.
November 20, 1999
1h 24m
EN
Benjamin Ross
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.

Liev Schreiber
Orson Welles

James Cromwell
William Randolph Hearst

Melanie Griffith
Marion Davies

John Malkovich
Herman Mankiewicz



John Logan
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Liam Cunningham
Gregg Toland

David Suchet
Louis B. Mayer

Fiona Shaw
Hedda Hopper

Anastasia Hille
Carole Lombard

Brenda Blethyn
Louella Parsons

Roy Scheider
George Schaefer

Scott Free Productions
GB

BBC Film
GB

HBO Films
US

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