RKO 281

RKO 281

1999 · 84 min · EN · 6.5 (102 votes)
Dir. Benjamin Ross · Starring Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet · Music John Altman

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

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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 film captures the high-stakes, cutthroat world of old Hollywood. It's a tense, dramatic look at creative ambition clashing with studio power, set against the backdrop of legendary filmmaking.

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