
84 minutes
4/7/2000
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.

Liev Schreiber
as Orson Welles

James Cromwell
as William Randolph Hearst

Melanie Griffith
as Marion Davies

John Malkovich
as Herman Mankiewicz

Liam Cunningham
as Gregg Toland

David Suchet
as Louis B. Mayer

Fiona Shaw
as Hedda Hopper

Anastasia Hille
as Carole Lombard

Brenda Blethyn
as Louella Parsons

Roy Scheider
as George Schaefer

Roger Allam
as Walt Disney
Simeon Andrews
as John Houseman

William Armstrong
as Mr. Lewis

Jay Benedict
as Darryl Zanuck

Ron Berglas
as David O. Selznick

Paul Birchard
as Top Brass #2

Neil Conrich
as Mr. Thomson

Michael Cronin
as Joseph Willicombe
Sarah Franzl
as Dorothy Comingore

Briony Glassco
as Script Girl
Louis Hammond
as Flunkie #2

Aaron Keeling
as Young Orson Welles

Joseph Long
as Harry Cohn
Gareth Marks
as Top Brass #1

Olivier Pierre
as Sam Goldwyn

Roger Rose
as News Reader

Rolf Saxon
as Flunkie #1

Adrian Schiller
as Paul Stewart

Kerry Shale
as Bernard Herrmann

Cyril Shaps
as Jeweller

Tusse Silberg
as Welles' Mother

Toby Whithouse
as Sound Technician

Tim Woodward
as Jack Warner

Angus Wright
as Joseph Cotten

Bobby Valentino
as Clark Gable