In 1940, Orson Welles is given complete creative freedom for his next project by RKO. In Victorville, California, Herman J. Mankiewicz is recovering from a broken leg he sustained in a car accident. He receives a phone call from Welles, who has recruited him to write the screenplay for his new film. Herman dictates the script to his secretary, Rita Alexander, who writes it down, noticing similarities between the main character and William Randolph Hearst.
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Jack Fincher (screen play by)
Stars:
Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz,
amanda seyfried as Marion Davies,
Lily Collins as Rita Alexander,
Arliss Howard as Louis B. Mayer,
Tom Pelphrey as Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
Sam Troughton as John Houseman,
Ferdinand Kingsley as Irving Thalberg,
Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz,
Tom Burke as Orson Welles,
Joseph Cross as Charles Lederer,
Jamie McShane as Shelly Metcalf,
Monika Gossmann as Fraulein Frieda,
Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst
Leven Rambin as Eve,
Bill Nye as Upton Sinclair
Jeff Harms as Ben Hecht
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Jack Fincher (screen play by)
Stars:
Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz,
amanda seyfried as Marion Davies,
Lily Collins as Rita Alexander,
Arliss Howard as Louis B. Mayer,
Tom Pelphrey as Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
Sam Troughton as John Houseman,
Ferdinand Kingsley as Irving Thalberg,
Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz,
Tom Burke as Orson Welles,
Joseph Cross as Charles Lederer,
Jamie McShane as Shelly Metcalf,
Monika Gossmann as Fraulein Frieda,
Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst
Leven Rambin as Eve,
Bill Nye as Upton Sinclair
Jeff Harms as Ben Hecht