1930s Hollywood is re -evaluated through the views of keen social critic and screenwriter alcoholic writer Herman J. Mankevich while racing to complete a screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941).
Director:
David Fincher Author:
Star Jack Fincher (scriptwriter):
Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins 1940. RKO Film Studio hired 24-year-old Orson Welles on a contract that gave him complete creative control over his films. For his first film, he asked the alcoholic Herman J. Mankevich to write the script. The film is “Citizen Kane” and this is the story of how it was written.