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Mank is a 2020 American biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for the 1941 film Citizen Kane.It was directed by David Fincher based on a screenplay written by his late father Jack Fincher and was produced by Ceán Chaffin, Douglas Urbanski, and Eric Roth.
Apr 19, 2021 · To twist the knife, Mank invents two major plot points: First, that Mankiewicz gave Thalberg the idea to hire paid actors to play “real” Sinclair voters—“You can make people believe that ...
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Mar 15, 2021 · The main story—written by Fincher’s late father Jack Fincher, before his death in 2003—is based on the true story of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, or Mank (played by Gary Oldman), who is ...
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Mank: Directed by David Fincher. With Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey. 1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- David Fincher
- 2020-12-04
Dec 8, 2020 · At the 125-minute mark of “Mank,” after Mankiewicz and Welles win their Oscar, a radio announcer comes on and says, “This is the first nomination and first win for Mr. Mankiewicz and Mr. Welles.
Dec 4, 2020 · Midway through Mank, Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) is explaining his screenplay — tentatively titled American— to producer John Houseman (Sam Troughton). Houseman has been tasked with ...
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Nov 6, 2020 · Mankiewicz, known to all as Mank, is a former New York journalist and critic who held court at the Algonquin Round Table, and the way Oldman plays him, with a delectably crumpled egomania, his wit ...
