RKO 281

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RKO 281 is a 1999 television drama film that chronicles the tumultuous production of Orson Welles’s classic movie Citizen Kane and the ensuing clash with media tycoon William Randolph Hearst.

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instanceOf biographical film
drama film
television film
awardReceived British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie
basedOn The Battle Over Citizen Kane
events surrounding the production of Citizen Kane
cinematographyBy Ben Smithard
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts Hollywood studio system
attempts to suppress the release of Citizen Kane
director Benjamin Ross
distributor HBO
editedBy Paul Garrick
executiveProducer Ridley Scott
Tony Scott
genre biographical drama
drama
hasCastMember David Suchet
James Cromwell
John Malkovich
Liam Cunningham
Liev Schreiber
Melanie Griffith
Roy Scheider
mainCharacter Orson Welles
William Randolph Hearst
musicBy John Altman
namedAfter RKO production number for Citizen Kane
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork HBO
portrays George Schaefer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
John Houseman
Louis B. Mayer
Marion Davies
Orson Welles
William Randolph Hearst
producer David R. Thompson
Ridley Scott
Tony Scott
productionCompany Scott Free Productions
releaseYear 1999
runtime approximately 86 minutes
setInTimePeriod early 1940s
subject conflict between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst
production of Citizen Kane
title RKO 281
writer John Logan

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Liev Schreiber notableWork RKO 281
Melanie Griffith notableWork RKO 281
Marion Davies portrayedIn RKO 281
RKO 281 title RKO 281