RKO 281
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Benjamin Ross
Sarah Franzl
Tusse Silberg
Fiona Shaw
Roger Rose
Louis Hammond
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The clash between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over the production and release of Welles's 1941 film "Citizen Kane," which was a brutal portrait of a publishing magnate who in many ways resembled Hearst.
Director
Benjamin Ross
Cast
Sarah Franzl
Tusse Silberg
Fiona Shaw
Roger Rose
Louis Hammond
Melanie Griffith
Joseph Long
Rolf Saxon
Olivier Pierre
Anastasia Hille
Lucy Cohu
John Malkovich
Angus Wright
Aaron Keeling
Brenda Blethyn
Geoffrey Hutchings
Roger Allam
Toby Whithouse
Roy Scheider
Jay Benedict
Liev Schreiber
David Suchet
Liam Cunningham
Kerry Shale
Cyril Shaps
Simeon Andrews
William Armstrong
James Cromwell
Tim Woodward
Michael Cronin
Paul Birchard
Adrian Schiller
Briony Glassco
Ron Berglas
Gareth Marks
Neil Conrich
Crew
Mark Adams
Nick Adams
Betty Ainslie
Brian Aldridge
John Altman
John Altman
John Altman
Matt Amos
Collette Appleby
Su Armstrong
Qaiser Azim
Alan Bailey
Stephen Barker
Matt Barr
Stuart Barrell
Steve Begg
Gary Birmingham
P. J. Bloom
Steve Boag
Lia Bourne
Sam Breckman
Colin Bressington
Alan David Briant
Geoff Brown
Gordon Brown
Micky Brown
Elaine Browne
Elaine Browne
Martin Bullard
Angus Cameron
Anthony Caron-delion
Peter Casey
David Chappell
Roger Charles
Giles Christopher
David Chruch
Liliana Cifonelli
Nick Connor
Sophie Cornet
Richard Ben Cramer
Richard Ben Cramer
Richard Ben Cramer
Johnathan Cronin
Gabe Cronnelly
Louise Cross
David Daniels
John Davies
Amanda Derby
Clive Derbyshire
Chris Dibble
Neil Dickson
Maria Djurkovic
Brendan Donnison
Mike Dowson
Ravi Dube
Judy Ducker
Piers Dunn
Penny Dyer
Billy Edwards
Alfie Emmins
Michael Epstein
Iain Erskine
Bruce Everett
David Fisher
Martin Foley
Suzie Ford
Toby Ford
Sarah Franzl
Tracey Gibbons
Tracey Gibbons
Andy Glen
John Goodinson
Ali Goss
Nigel Gostelow
Diane Greaves
Michelle Greaves
Charles Green
Denis Greening
Steve Griffin
Isobel Griffiths
John Griffiths
Tim Guthrie
David Gwyther
Ruth Halliday
Richard Hammatt
Paul Herbert
Tony Hill
Peter Hodge
Tony Hoskins
Robin Huffer
Barney Hughes
Ann Hummel
Antony Hunt
Paul Inglis
Ian Jackson
Paul Jackson
Bryan Jacobs
Colin Jeffrey
Allan John
Carrie Johnson
Graham Jones
Joshua Jones
Eddy Joseph
Edwin Kashiba
Debbie Kaye
Mark Keene
Andy Kendall
Dean Kennedy
Lora Kennedy
Evyen Klean
Tony Knight
Townley Knott
Clifford Lay
Thomas Lennon
Thomas Lennon
Thomas Lennon
Tony Lewis
Lee Lighting
James Linton
Nicholas Lloyd
John Logan
Karen Long
Goggi Lund
Tatiana Lund
Alex Mackie
Peter Margrave
Dave Martin
Richard Mather
Sam Mccourt
Steve Mcleod
Stewart Meachem
Rick Mietkoski
Sarah Millar
Diane Minter Lewis
Clive Mitchell
Nicholas Mollo
Nicholas Mollo
Sharon Moran
Stephen Morley
John Morris
Enyo Mortty
Duncan Muggoch
Stuart Murdoch
Joyce Nettles
Lesley Noble
Lesley Noble
Sean O'connor
Michel O'donohue
Matt Parsons
Helen Paszyn
Debbie Pelham
Lynn Perez
Daniel Pettipher
Brian Pickett
Ed Plant
Stelios Polychronakis
Stefano Priori
Graham Read
Deborah Ricketts
Ian Ritchie
Stewart Rushbrook
Quinney Sacks
Kristy Sager
Dominic Sakakini
Roseann Samuel
Roseann Samuel
John Sargent
Russell Sargent
Simon Saunders
Jo Schotting
Ridley Scott
Tony Scott
Rob Seager
Aileen Seaton
Aileen Seaton
James Shawyer
Malcolm J Sheehan
Lee Sheward
John H Smith
Mike Southon
Mike Stainer
Geoff Stainthorp
Emily Stewart
Heather Storr
Ted Swanscott
Matthew Symonds
Fred Taylor
Mark Taylor
Robin Thistlethwaite
Lucinda Thompson
Karen Z M Turner
Karen Z M Turner
Tony Wadsworth
Keith West
Sylvia Wheeler
Chris White
Rob Wicks
Danny Wilde
David Williams
Angie Wills
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States November 20, 1999
Released in United States on Video April 25, 2000
Released in United States September 2000
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.
Fictional remake of the Oscar-nominated documentary feature "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" (USA/1995), directed by Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein. The documentary premiered on television as a presentation of the PBS series "The American Experience," produced by WGBH (Boston).
Budget source: Daily Variety 01/28/1999
Estimated budget: $10,000,000
Began shooting March 9, 1999.
RKO 281 is the project number assigned to "Citizen Kane" by RKO.
Released in United States on Video April 25, 2000
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.)
Released in United States November 20, 1999