1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane for Orson Welles.
The film stars Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz, Orson Welles’ co-writer on Kane.
That last one really looks like Citizen Kane, with Kane on his deathbed at the start of the film.
The story behind Citizen Kane, widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, is the subject of Netflix’s Mank, the new film from Fight Club and Zodiac director David Fincher.