RKO 281

RKO 281 (2000)

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

  • Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 2000-04-07
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 89 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Scott Free Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
  • Director: Benjamin Ross
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Summary

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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  • 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

  • Simeon Andrews

    as John Houseman

  • William Armstrong

    as Mr. Lewis

  • Jay Benedict

    as Darryl Zanuck

  • Ron Berglas

    as David O. Selznick

  • Paul Birchard

    as Top Brass #2

  • Neil Conrich

    as Mr. Thomson

  • Michael Cronin

    as Joseph Willicombe

  • Sarah Franzl

    as Dorothy Comingore

  • Briony Glassco

    as Script Girl

  • Louis Hammond

    as Flunkie #2

  • Aaron Keeling

    as Young Orson Welles

  • Joseph Long

    as Harry Cohn

  • Gareth Marks

    as Top Brass #1

  • Olivier Pierre

    as Sam Goldwyn

  • Roger Rose

    as News Reader

  • Rolf Saxon

    as Flunkie #1

  • Adrian Schiller

    as Paul Stewart

  • Kerry Shale

    as Bernard Herrmann

  • Cyril Shaps

    as Jeweller

  • Tusse Silberg

    as Welles' Mother

  • Toby Whithouse

    as Sound Technician

  • Tim Woodward

    as Jack Warner

  • Angus Wright

    as Joseph Cotten

  • Bobby Valentino

    as Clark Gable
Production Su Armstrong Producer
Production Tony Scott Executive Producer
Sound John Altman Original Music Composer
Production Ridley Scott Executive Producer
Camera Mike Southon Director of Photography
Editing Alex Mackie Editor
Directing Benjamin Ross Director
Art Maria Djurkovic Production Design
Sound Mike Dowson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Ali Goss Costume Supervisor
Camera Stephen Morley Still Photographer
Sound Mark Taylor Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Gordon Brown Dialogue Editor
Sound Paul Wrightson Sound Effects Editor
Sound Nick Adams Supervising Sound Editor
Directing Heather Storr Script Supervisor
Sound Jonathan Cronin ADR Editor
Sound Clive Derbyshire Sound Recordist
Visual Effects Steven Begg Visual Effects Supervisor
Art Lucinda Thomson Art Direction
Art Alan Bailey Property Master
Art Tatiana Macdonald Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Roseann Samuel Hair Department Head
Sound Michelle Greaves Foley Artist
Production Diane Minter Lewis Co-Executive Producer
Writing Thomas Lennon Story Consultant
Camera Ian Jackson Camera Operator
Crew Stephen Barker Post Production Supervisor
Writing Richard Ben Cramer Story Consultant
Directing Toby Ford Second Assistant Director
Writing John Logan Screenplay
Writing Michael Epstein Story Consultant
Crew Stuart Murdoch Special Effects
Production Chris Zarpas Co-Executive Producer
Crew Richard Hammatt Stunt Coordinator
Sound Diane Greaves Foley Artist
Production Joyce Nettles Casting
Costume & Make-Up Stewart Meachem Costume Designer
Camera Malcolm J. Sheehan Key Grip
Lighting Micky Brown Gaffer
Art Judy Ducker Property Buyer
Directing Jo Schotting Third Assistant Director
Production Lora Kennedy Casting
Crew Tracey Gibbons Post Production Supervisor
Production Nigel Gostelow Unit Production Manager
Costume & Make-Up Roseann Samuel Makeup Department Head
Crew Lee Sheward Stunt Coordinator
Editing Michael Stainer Color Timer
Directing David Daniels First Assistant Director

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