Title:
RKO 281 / HBO Pictures presents in association with WGBH Boston ; a Scott Free production ; a Benjamin Ross film ; Labrador Films ; produced by Su Armstrong ; written by John Logan ; directed by Benjamin Ross.
ISBN:
9780783116761
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : HBO Home Video, 2000.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally broadcast by HBO as a made-for-television film in 1999.
Based in part on the documentary 'The battle over Citizen Kane' from 'The American Experience'.
DVD ; widescreen ; NTSC, Region 1 ; English Dolby 5.1 ; English Dolby surround ; Spanish mono.
Awards Note:
Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, 1999.
Summary:
Coming to Hollywood as a celebrated boy genius featuring a spectacular career arc in New York including his "War of the Worlds" radio hoax, Orson Welles is stymied on the subject for his first film. After a dinner party at Hearst Castle, during which he has a verbal altercation with Hearst, Welles decides to do a movie about Hearst. It takes him some time to convince co-writer Herman Mankiewicz and the studio, but Welles eventually gets the script and the green light, keeping the subject very hush-hush with the press. When a rough cut is screened, Hearst gets wind of the movie's theme and begins a campaign to see that it is not only never publicly screened, but destroyed.
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Language Note:
English or Spanish soundtracks ; English, French, or Spanish subtitles. Closed captioned.
Audience:
Rated R, for language and some graphical sexual images.
Performer:
Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider, John Malkovich, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet.
Production Credits:
Music by John Altman ; editor, Alex Mackie ; photography, Mike Southon.
OCLC Number:
ocm43945028
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
