RKO 281

Name: RKO 281
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 1999-11-20
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Liam Cunningham

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

RKO 281 (1999)

Timing: 1:24 (84 min)

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Release date

1999-11-20

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

Scott Free Productions, BBC Film, HBO Films, WGBH

Genre

Drama, History, TV Movie

Budget

$12 000 000

Revenue

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Director

Benjamin Ross

Actors

Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet, Fiona Shaw, Anastasia Hille, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider
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Scenario

Producer

Su Armstrong, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott

Operator

Mike Southon

Composer

John Altman

Artist

Maria Djurkovic

Audition

Lora Kennedy, Joyce Nettles

Editing

Alex Mackie
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Short description

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.