RKO 281 (2000)
1h 24m
Running Time
April 7, 2000Release Date
RKO 281 (2000)
1h 24m
Running Time
April 7, 2000Release Date
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Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Liev Schreiber](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2559-liev-schreiber.webp)
Liev Schreiber
Orson Welles
![James Cromwell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2452-james-cromwell.webp)
James Cromwell
William Randolph Hearst
![Melanie Griffith](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17183-melanie-griffith.webp)
Melanie Griffith
Marion Davies
![John Malkovich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/7363-john-malkovich.webp)
John Malkovich
Herman Mankiewicz
![Brenda Blethyn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29235-brenda-blethyn.webp)
Brenda Blethyn
Louella Parsons
![Roy Scheider](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4285-roy-scheider.webp)
Roy Scheider
George Schaefer
![Liam Cunningham](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/13003-liam-cunningham.webp)
Liam Cunningham
Gregg Toland
![David Suchet](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16261-david-suchet.webp)
David Suchet
Louis B. Mayer
![Fiona Shaw](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1474-fiona-shaw.webp)
Fiona Shaw
Hedda Hopper
![Roger Allam](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3488-roger-allam.webp)
Roger Allam
Walt Disney
![Anastasia Hille](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37010-anastasia-hille.webp)
Anastasia Hille
Carole Lombard
![Simeon Andrews](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Simeon Andrews
John Houseman
![Benjamin Ross](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/84306-benjamin-ross.webp)
Benjamin Ross
Director
![John Logan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/58911-john-logan.webp)
John Logan
Writer
![William Armstrong](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/397-william-armstrong.webp)
William Armstrong
Mr. Lewis
![Jay Benedict](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/307-jay-benedict.webp)
Jay Benedict
Darryl Zanuck
![Richard Ben Cramer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Ben Cramer
Writer
![Thomas Lennon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Thomas Lennon
Writer
![Thomas Lennon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Thomas Lennon
Writer
![Ron Berglas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ron Berglas
David O. Selznick
![Su Armstrong](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Su Armstrong
Producer
![Paul Birchard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/381-paul-birchard.webp)
Paul Birchard
Top Brass #2
![John Altman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/96126-john-altman.webp)
John Altman
Composer
![Neil Conrich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/87930-neil-conrich.webp)
Neil Conrich
Mr. Thomson
![Michael Cronin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/71480-michael-cronin.webp)
Michael Cronin
Joseph Willicombe
![Mike Southon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mike Southon
Cinematographer
![Alex Mackie](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alex Mackie
Editor
![Sarah Franzl](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sarah Franzl
Dorothy Comingore
![Lora Kennedy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/60137-lora-kennedy.webp)
Lora Kennedy
CastingDirector
![Briony Glassco](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/63917-briony-glassco.webp)
Briony Glassco
Script Girl
![Joyce Nettles](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joyce Nettles
CastingDirector
![Louis Hammond](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Louis Hammond
Flunkie #2
![Maria Djurkovic](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1167659-maria-djurkovic.webp)
Maria Djurkovic
ProductionDesigner
![Aaron Keeling](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/71466-aaron-keeling.webp)
Aaron Keeling
Young Orson Welles
![Joseph Long](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2243-joseph-long.webp)
Joseph Long
Harry Cohn
![Gareth Marks](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gareth Marks
Top Brass #1
![Olivier Pierre](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Olivier Pierre
Sam Goldwyn
![Roger Rose](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/165904-roger-rose.webp)
Roger Rose
News Reader
![Rolf Saxon](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3385-rolf-saxon.webp)
Rolf Saxon
Flunkie #1
![Adrian Schiller](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2745-adrian-schiller.webp)
Adrian Schiller
Paul Stewart
![Kerry Shale](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10769-kerry-shale.webp)
Kerry Shale
Bernard Herrmann
![Cyril Shaps](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6341-cyril-shaps.webp)
Cyril Shaps
Jeweller
![Tusse Silberg](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16810-tusse-silberg.webp)
Tusse Silberg
Welles' Mother
![Toby Whithouse](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/13253-toby-whithouse.webp)
Toby Whithouse
Sound Technician
![Tim Woodward](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29986-tim-woodward.webp)
Tim Woodward
Jack Warner
![Angus Wright](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2023861-angus-wright.webp)
Angus Wright
Joseph Cotten
![Bobby Valentino](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3242600-bobby-valentino.webp)
Bobby Valentino
Clark Gable
![Tatiana Macdonald](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tatiana Macdonald
Set Decoration
![Ridley Scott](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/852-ridley-scott.webp)
Ridley Scott
Executive Producer
![Tony Scott](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11846-tony-scott.webp)
Tony Scott
Executive Producer
![Nigel Gostelow](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nigel Gostelow
Unit Production Manager
![Lucinda Thomson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lucinda Thomson
Art Direction
![Lee Sheward](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lee Sheward
Stunt Coordinator
![Chris Zarpas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chris Zarpas
Co-Executive Producer
![Michael Epstein](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael Epstein
Story Consultant
![Stephen Barker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stephen Barker
Post Production Supervisor
![Nick Adams](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nick Adams
Supervising Sound Editor
![Diane Minter Lewis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Diane Minter Lewis
Co-Executive Producer
![Mark Taylor](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mark Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
![Heather Storr](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
![Paul Wrightson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Paul Wrightson
Sound Effects Editor
![Stewart Meachem](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stewart Meachem
Costume Designer
![Alan Bailey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alan Bailey
Property Master
![Mike Dowson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mike Dowson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
![Diane Greaves](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Diane Greaves
Foley Artist
![Steven Begg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Steven Begg
Visual Effects Supervisor
![Micky Brown](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Micky Brown
Gaffer
![Stephen Morley](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stephen Morley
Still Photographer
![Clive Derbyshire](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Clive Derbyshire
Sound Recordist
![David Daniels](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Daniels
First Assistant Director
![Toby Ford](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Toby Ford
Second Assistant Director
![Roseann Samuel](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Roseann Samuel
Makeup Department Head / Hair Department Head
![Gordon Brown](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gordon Brown
Dialogue Editor
![Ali Goss](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ali Goss
Costume Supervisor
![Jonathan Cronin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jonathan Cronin
ADR Editor
![Richard Hammatt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Hammatt
Stunt Coordinator
![Ian Jackson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ian Jackson
Camera Operator
![Tracey Gibbons](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tracey Gibbons
Post Production Supervisor
![Judy Ducker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Judy Ducker
Property Buyer
![Malcolm J. Sheehan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Malcolm J. Sheehan
Key Grip
![Jo Schotting](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jo Schotting
Third Assistant Director
![Stuart Murdoch](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stuart Murdoch
Special Effects
![Michelle Greaves](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michelle Greaves
Foley Artist
![Michael Stainer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael Stainer
Color Timer
Media.
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![RKO 281](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/1/30778-rko-281.webp)
![RKO 281](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/2/30778-rko-281.webp)
Details.
Wiki.
RKO 281 is a 1999 American historical drama television film directed by Benjamin Ross, written by John Logan, and starring Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Roy Scheider, and Liam Cunningham. The film depicts the troubled production behind the 1941 film Citizen Kane. The film's title is a reference to the original production number of Citizen Kane. It premiered on HBO on November 20, 1999.