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Mank
''Mank'' is a 2020 American black-and-white Biographical film, biographical Drama (film and television), drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his Screenplay for Citizen Kane, development of the screenplay for ''Citizen Kane'' (1941). It was directed by David Fincher based on a screenplay by his late father Jack Fincher (screenwriter), 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 (actor), Tom Burke, Joseph Cross (actor), Joseph Cross, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, :de:Monika Gossmann, Monika Gossman, and Charles Dance. Jack Fincher wrote the script in the 1990s, and David originally intended to film it after he completed ''The Game (1997 film), The Game'' (1997), with Kevin Spacey and Jodie Foster as the leads. It never came to fruition, and Jack F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenplay For Citizen Kane
The authorship of the screenplay for ''Citizen Kane'', the 1941 American motion picture that marked the feature film debut of Orson Welles, has been one of the film's long-standing controversies. With a story spanning 60 years, the quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a fictional character based in part upon the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick. A rich incorporation of the experiences and knowledge of its authors, the film earned an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) for Herman J. Mankiewicz and Welles. Mankiewicz as co-writer Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz was a notorious personality in Hollywood. "His behavior, public and private, was a scandal," wrote John Houseman. "A neurotic drinker and a compulsive gambler, he was also one of the most intelligent, informed, witty, humane and charming men I have ever known." Orson Well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizen Kane
''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. ''Citizen Kane'' is frequently cited as the greatest film ever made. The ''Sight & Sound'' Poll of the Greatest Films of All Time * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For 50 consecutive years, it stood at number 1 in the British Film Institute's ''Sight & Sound'' decennial poll of critics, and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 update. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories and it won for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Mankiewicz and Welles. ''Citizen Kane'' is praised for Gregg Toland's cinematography, Robert Wise's editing, Bernard Herrmann's music, and its narrative structure, all of which have been considered innovative and precedent-setting. The quasi-biographi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. His films, mostly psychological thrillers and biographical dramas, have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards, including three for him as Best Director. Fincher was the co-founder of Propaganda Films, a film and music video production company. Born in Denver, Colorado, Fincher was interested in filmmaking at an early age. He directed numerous music videos, most notably Madonna's " Express Yourself" in 1989 and "Vogue" in 1990, both of which won him the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction. He made his feature film debut with ''Alien 3'' (1992), which garnered mixed reviews, followed by the thriller ''Seven'' (1995), which was better received. Fincher found success with '' The Game'' (1997) and greater success with ''Fight Club'' (1999), with the latter eventually becoming a cult classic. In 2002, he returned to prominence with the thriller ''Panic Room'' starring Jodie Foster. Fincher a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Messerschmidt
Erik Messerschmidt, ASC, (born October 23, 1980) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with director David Fincher on the films ''Mank'' (as director of photography) and '' Gone Girl'' (as gaffer), and on the Netflix series '' Mindhunter''. He has also shot episodes of the TV series '' Fargo'', ''Legion'', and '' Raised by Wolves''. His work has been nominated for an Emmy. In April 2021, he won the top ASC Award and the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for ''Mank''. Personal life Messerschmidt grew up in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He studied film production at Emerson College in Boston, where he was a classmate of filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar and served as co-director of photography on Zagar's award winning indie documentary '' In a Dream'' (2008). In May 2020, he married Naiara Eizaguirre-Paulos. Career After relocating to Los Angeles, Messerschmidt served as gaffer on TV series such as ''Bones'', ''Everybody Hates Chris'', and ''Mad Men''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Oldman
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in '' Remembrance'' (1982). He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with credits including ''Cabaret'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'', '' Saved'', '' The Country Wife'' and ''Hamlet''. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in ''Sid and Nancy'' (1986), Joe Orton in ''Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987) and Rosencrantz in ''Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead'' (1990), while also attracting attention as the leader of a gang of football hoolig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Urbanski
Douglas Urbanski is an American film producer and occasional film actor. He is a twice Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe Nominated and BAFTA-winning motion picture producer. Life and career Urbanski was born in Somerville, New Jersey. In addition to his Academy Award winning films '' Darkest Hour'' and '' Mank'', along with his other films, ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', '' The Contender'', and '' Nil By Mouth'', his films have received 21 Academy Award nominations, 10 Golden Globe nominations, and 33 BAFTA nominations. Urbanski's film producing credits include '' The Contender'', which received two Academy Award nominations and starred Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Christian Slater, and Sam Elliott. In 1997, Urbanski received his first British Academy Award for Outstanding British Film of The Year for '' Nil By Mouth'', written and directed by Gary Oldman, and for which Oldman received the Best Original Screenplay British Academy Award. The film received a total of four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Collins
Lily Jane Collins (born 18 March 1989) is a British and American actress and model who is known for her work in several films, including ''Stuck in Love'' (2012), ''The English Teacher'' (2013), and '' Love, Rosie'' (2014), comedy ''Rules Don't Apply'' (2016) and Netflix drama ''To the Bone'' (2017). Since 2020, she has been portraying the role of Emily Cooper in the Netflix series '' Emily in Paris''. Born in Guildford, Surrey and raised in Los Angeles, Collins began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom ''Growing Pains''. In the late 2000s, Collins began acting and modelling more regularly, and she had a career breakthrough with her performance in the sports-drama film ''The Blind Side'', which was the third highest-grossing film of 2009. She went on to appear in leading roles across feature films such as the sci-fi action-horror ''Priest'' (2011), the psychological action-thriller ''Abduction'' (2011), the fantasy '' Mirror Mirror'' (2012), the urban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dance
Walter Charles Dance (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters and villains. His most notable film roles include Sardo Numspa in ''The Golden Child'' (1986), Dr. Jonathan Clemens in ''Alien 3'' (1992), Benedict in ''Last Action Hero'' (1993), Lord Havelock Vetinari in ''Terry Pratchett's Going Postal'' (2010), the Master Vampire in ''Dracula Untold'' (2014), Alastair Denniston in ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), Alan Jonah in '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019), and William Randolph Hearst in '' Mank'' (2020). On television, Dance played Guy Perron in '' The Jewel in the Crown'' (1984), Mr Tulkinghorn in Bleak House (2005), Tywin Lannister in '' Game of Thrones'' (2011–2015), and Lord Mountbatten in the third and fourth seasons of ''The Crown'' (2019–2020). For his role in the latter, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Early life Walter Charles Dance w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Fincher (screenwriter)
Howard Kelly "Jack" Fincher (December 6, 1930 – April 10, 2003) was an American screenwriter and journalist who had written for various magazines and periodicals, notably serving as San Francisco Bureau Chief of ''Life'' magazine. He is the father of film director David Fincher. Life and work Fincher was born in Bonham, Texas, the son of Grace Mae (Hutcheson) and Murlin Jackson Fincher, and was raised in Oklahoma. After graduating from high school in 1949, Fincher spent two years attending the University of Tulsa, also writing for the ''Tulsa World''. He then enlisted in the United States Air Force. In 1960, he married Claire Mae Boettcher, a mental health nurse from South Dakota who worked in drug addiction programs; their son is acclaimed film director David Fincher. In 1964, when David was two, the family moved from Denver, Colorado to San Anselmo, California, where filmmaker George Lucas was one of their neighbors. Fincher once wrote a Howard Hughes biopic before his scrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuppence Middleton
Tuppence Middleton (born 21 February 1987) is an English actress known for her performances in film, television and theatre. In 2010, she was nominated for the ''London Evening Standard'' Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer. Middleton appeared in various films before making her breakthrough in Morten Tyldum's historical drama ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), and subsequently appeared in The Wachowskis' science fiction film ''Jupiter Ascending'' (2015), Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's historical drama ''The Current War'' (2017), the film ''Downton Abbey'' (2019), and David Fincher's film '' Mank'' (2020). She made her first television appearance in ''Bones'' (2008) and subsequently appeared as a guest in ''New Tricks'' (2010), ''Friday Night Dinner'' (2011), and ''Lewis'' (2013). She also appeared in ''Black Mirror'' (2013), as Miss Havisham in ''Dickensian'' (2015–2016), as Russian princess Hélène Kuragina in '' War & Peace'' (2016), as Riley "Blue" Gunnarsdóttir in ''Sense8'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burke (actor)
Tom Burke (born 30 June 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Athos in the 2014–2016 BBC series ''The Musketeers'', Dolokhov in the 2016 BBC literary-adaptation miniseries '' War & Peace'', the eponymous character Cormoran Strike in the 2017–2022 BBC series ''Strike'' and Orson Welles in the 2020 film ''Mank''. Early life Burke was born in London and grew up in Kent. His parents, David Burke and Anna Calder-Marshall, are also actors, as were his godparents, Alan Rickman and Bridget Turner.Scott, Danny (2 March 2014)"Little did I know my boy would become a Musketeer" ''The Sunday Times''; retrieved 1 April 2014. His maternal grandparents were writers Arthur Calder-Marshall and Ara Calder-Marshall. Burke was born with a cleft lip and had reconstructive surgery. Burke always wanted to become an actor. He attended the National Youth Theatre, the Young Arden Theatre in Faversham, and the Box Clever Theatre Company performing at the Marlowe Theatre in Cant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Pelphrey
Thomas J. Pelphrey (born July 28, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Jonathan Randall and Mick Dante in the CBS television series ''Guiding Light'' and ''As the World Turns'' respectively, Kurt Bunker in the Cinemax television series ''Banshee (TV series), Banshee'', Ward Meachum in the Netflix original series ''Iron Fist (TV series), Iron Fist'', Ben Davis in the Netflix original series ''Ozark (TV series), Ozark'', and Perry Abbott in the Prime Video original series ''Outer Range'' as well as a supporting role in David Fincher's film ''Mank''. Early life and education Born in Howell Township, New Jersey, Howell, New Jersey, Pelphrey graduated from Howell High School (New Jersey), Howell High School in 2000, and from Rutgers University (Mason Gross School of the Arts) in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Career ''Guiding Light'' Pelphrey's most notable role has been the role of Jonathan Randall, the son of Reva Shayne and her late for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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