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RKO 281

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

6.5(102)19991h 24m2

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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Released
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Language
English
  • cinema on cinema
  • yellow press
  • movie business
  • biography
  • antisemitism
  • filmmaking
  • movie star
  • based on movie
  • 1940s
  • aspiring director

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Behind the camera

Writers

John Logan

Produced in

United States of America, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalHBO20 Nov 1999
  • ArgentinaAR

    • TheatricalBafici7 Apr 2000
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical6 Dec 2000
  • GermanyDE

    • TVPay TV11 Oct 2000
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical20 Apr 2001
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical7 Apr 2000

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RKO 281 was released on 20 November 1999.

Audience reviews

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    Gurre

    5/31/2014

    10/10

    RKO 281 is a very underrated movie I haven't seen alot of people talking about. It's based in part upon the real-life story of the behind the scenes of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, and in part of the documentary The Battle over Citizen Kane that made as a part of The American Experience. Orson Welles (Liev Schreiber) has been offered a carte blanche-contract with RKO after his legendary War of the Worlds broadcast,…

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