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Mank
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Title: Mank

Release Date: 13 Nov 2020

Runtime: 2h 12m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Netflix International Pictures

Production Companies: Netflix International Pictures

Overview: 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.682 (1614 votes)

Cast

  • Herman Mankiewicz: Gary Oldman
  • Marion Davies: Amanda Seyfried
  • Rita Alexander: Lily Collins
  • Louis B. Mayer: Arliss Howard
  • Joseph Mankiewicz: Tom Pelphrey
  • John Houseman: Sam Troughton
  • Irving Thalberg: Ferdinand Kingsley
  • Sara Mankiewicz: Tuppence Middleton
  • Orson Welles: Tom Burke
  • Charles Lederer: Joseph Cross
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