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Due to the development of the sound film in the late twenties, Manke (Gary Oldman), who was born in New York, was invited to Hollywood to write the screenplay, along with many pens from the East Coast. It is now 1941, and the slightly famous Mank was once again invited to Hollywood to write the script for the big star Orson Welles. He was given full autonomy to write whatever he liked, but 60 The first draft must be submitted within days. Because of a car accident, Mank injured his leg, so he was sent to a house specially equipped for him in the outer suburbs of Los Angeles. At the same time, he was equipped with a secretary Rita (Lily Collins), allowing him to lie in bed and create with peace of mind.
In the 1920s, a group of literati in New York met at the Algonquin Hotel almost every noon, called the Algonquin Garden Table. Among them were writers, reporters, and drama critics. The movie "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)" is the story of this group of people. Many of them were recruited to Hollywood to write scripts. Mank is one of them. Since 1927, he has participated in the screenwriting of more than 70 films, and because of his reputation, the film company specially asked him to write scripts for this purpose. This is the beginning of this story.
After the first draft came out, it caused quite a stir. The male protagonist in the play is an insinuation of the then newspaper king Hearst (Charles Dance). Needless to say, Hirst, who was exposed, did everything to prevent the film from coming out. For this reason, the film company decided to co-write the screenplay by Orson and Manke.
These can also originate from the old grudges between Mank and Hirst. In fact, the two met more than ten years ago, and Hirst also praised Mank as the Shakespeare of the film industry. Mank is also a close friend of Hearst's mistress, Marion (Amanda Seyfried). But it goes back to the recession era of the 1930s in the United States. In 1934 California Republicans and Democrats ran for governor. The Democrats have introduced writer Upton Sinclair as their candidate. While Sinclair was a writer himself, he was as much a socialist as Sanders in the Democratic Party today. He had previously been a candidate for the Socialist Party. This time, a series of socialist programs were launched as campaign slogans. Of course, it became a thorn in the eyes of the bigwigs in the film industry, and they used various means to discredit him. But Mank is a fan of Sinclair. That's how they got married. Drunk Manda had a seizure at the Hearsts' banquet a few years ago. Now simply move Hearst into his own film (don't offend the screenwriter).
"Citizen Kane (1941)" came out to great acclaim and critical acclaim, finally won an Academy Award for screenwriting and nine nominations, and is now regarded as a movie classic.
To add a digression, Manke's younger brother and children are not general. Brother Joseph has won two Oscars for screenwriting and five nominations. The eldest son got an Oscar nomination. Other children and grandchildren are either in the film and television industry or in the literary world. Really a literary family. It's just Manke himself, who died young from uremia at the age of 55 due to alcoholism. My question is why Fincher made this film, is it to allude to today's election, or am I overthinking it?
The Hearst Group is still a behemoth today. It owns 15 daily newspapers, 34 weekly magazines and more than 300 magazines and publications worldwide (including Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Esquire, ELLE and Oprah Magazine, etc.), and 29 local TV stations. In recent years, it has established a media fund in cooperation with IDG and the former News Corporation in China, and invested in projects such as Bilibili, Legendary Pictures, and Zhanku.
Shot in black and white, the film was nominated for six Golden Globes.
David Fincher with the film and "Gone Girl (2014)"
Golden Globe nomination, Oscar nomination for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)" and Golden Globe nomination for "The Social Network" (2010) and the Golden Globe Award for Director.
Gary Oldman was nominated for a Golden Globe for the film, won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for "Darkest Hour (2017)", and won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" for "Tinker Tailor". Soldier Spy (2011)" was nominated for an Oscar (see my blog post "Darkest Hour Comes Dawn ").
Amanda Seyfried was nominated for a Golden Globe for the film.
Lily Collins Lily Collins was nominated for a Golden Globe for "Emily in Paris" and "Rules Don't Apply (2016)" (see my blog post "Love Your Rosie" ", love or friendship. ").
Charles Dance Charles Dance was nominated for an Emmy for the TV series "Savage Kingdom" and "Bleak House".
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