Mank

Nov 13, 2020

2h 12m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Netflix International Pictures

Mank Trailers

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

Shelly Metcalf

Jamie McShane

David O. Selznick

Toby Leonard Moore

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7.3

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7.7

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7.6

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7.9

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7.8

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7.8

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7.8

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7.8

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6.5

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