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Mank
Sign in to saveMank is a 2020 American biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for Orson Welles's 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. It stars Gary Oldman in the title role, alongside Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Joseph Cross, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, Monika Gossman, and Charles Dance.
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Mank is a 2020 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Jack Fincher. Produced by Netflix, the black-and-white movie features a cast including Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, and Tuppence Middleton. The narrative is set in Los Angeles and centers on Herman J. Mankiewicz. Additional crew members include producers Ceán Chaffin and Douglas Urbanski, composer Trent Reznor, and director of photography Erik Messerschmidt.
The film has a runtime of 131 minutes and was released on November 13, 2020. It was distributed via video on demand and direct-to-video. Financial reports indicate a budget of 25,000,000 and revenue of 122,252. Critical reception includes an IMDb rating of 6.8 from 105,144 votes and a TMDb average of 6.674 based on 1,779 votes. The work is referenced by 366 other encyclopedia articles.
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6.71930s 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.
Cast
- Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz
- Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies
- Lily Collins as Rita Alexander
- Arliss Howard as Louis B. Mayer
- Tom Pelphrey as Joseph Mankiewicz
- Sam Troughton as John Houseman
Themes
- movie business
- screenwriter
- biography
- hollywood
- black and white
- alcoholic
- 1930s
- old hollywood
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- David Fincher
- Film.screenplay
- Jack Fincher
- Film.cinematography
- Erik Messerschmidt
- Film.editing
- Kirk Baxter
- Film.distributor
- Netflix
- Film.runtime
- 131 minutes
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- United States
- Film.language
- English
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- $25 million
- Film.gross
- $122,572
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Director
- David Fincher
- Screenwriter
- Jack Fincher
- Composer
- Trent Reznor
- Producer
- Douglas Urbanski
- Production company
- Netflix
- Cinematographer
- Erik Messerschmidt
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 464187
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
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- color
- black-and-white
- publication date
- 2020-11-13
- film editor
- Kirk Baxter
- production designer
- Donald Graham Burt
- title
- Mank
- distributed by
- Netflix
- social media followers
- 3518
- review score
- 79/100
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- characters
- Eddie Cantor
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 25000000
- box office
- 122572
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14 sectionsContents
- Plot
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- Production
- Development
- Writing
- Filming
- Costume design
- Music
- Release and reception
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- Accolades
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- References
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Mank is a 2020 American biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for Orson Welles's 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. It stars Gary Oldman in the title role, alongside Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Joseph Cross, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, Monika Gossman, and Charles Dance.
Fincher originally intended to make Mank after he completed The Game (1997), with Kevin Spacey and Jodie Foster as the leads, but the project did not come to fruition. Eventually, the project was officially announced in July 2019, and filming took place around Los Angeles from November 2019 to February 2020. To pay homage to the films of the 1930s, Mank was shot in black-and-white, using RED cameras.
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