RKO 281 (2000)
"What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes."

Title: RKO 281
Original Title: RKO 281
Release Date: 2000-04-07
Status: Released
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 94 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, History, TV Movie
Production Companies: Scott Free Productions, BBC Film, HBO Films, GBH
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.
Cast

Liev Schreiber
Orson Welles

James Cromwell
William Randolph Hearst

Melanie Griffith
Marion Davies

John Malkovich
Herman Mankiewicz

Liam Cunningham
Gregg Toland

David Suchet
Louis B. Mayer

Fiona Shaw
Hedda Hopper

Anastasia Hille
Carole Lombard

Brenda Blethyn
Louella Parsons

Roy Scheider
George Schaefer