RKO 281 (1999)

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Plot

Orson Welles arrives in Hollywood hailed as the boy genius but is stuck for the subject of his first movie. After a dinner party at Hearst Castle he has an argument with Hearst and decides to make a film about him. Some time later he gets the green light and starts to make his movie but Hearst gets to find out more about the film and sets about making sure that the whole project is stopped. A fascinating dramatisation of the vitriolic behind the scenes battle between director and moghul.