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Mank

R·2020·132m

Drama

History

Drama

History

Summary

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.

Cast

Gary Oldman

Herman Mankiewicz

Amanda Seyfried

Marion Davies

Lily Collins

Rita Alexander

Arliss Howard

Louis B. Mayer

Tom Pelphrey

Joseph Mankiewicz

Sam Troughton

John Houseman

Ferdinand Kingsley

Irving Thalberg

Tuppence Middleton

Sara Mankiewicz

Tom Burke

Orson Welles

Joseph Cross

Charles Lederer

Jamie McShane

Shelly Metcalf

Toby Leonard Moore

David O. Selznick

Monika Gossmann

Fräulein Frieda

Charles Dance

William Randolph Hearst

Jack Romano

Sid Perelman

Adam Shapiro

George S. Kaufman

John Churchill

Charles MacArthur

Jeff Harms

Ben Hecht

Derek Petropolis

Eddie Cantor

Sean Persaud

Tommy

Paul Fox

Joe Von Sternberg

Tom Simmons

Doctor

Nick Job

John Gilbert

Colin Ward

Older Man

Cooper Tomlinson

Younger Man

Julie Collis

Female Starlet

Arlo Mertz

Child Star

Craig Welzbacher

Rexford Tugwell

Jessie Cohen

Norma Shearer Thalberg

Desiree Louise

Irene Selznick

Amie Farrell

Mrs. Meyer

Ian Boyd

Slim

Jay Villwock

C.C.

Lou George

Ed the Gate Guard

John Lee Ames

Grady

Bill Nye

Upton Sinclair

Richmond Arquette

Heckler

David Lee Smith

Sinclair Supporter

Mario Di Donato

A Man's Voice (voice)

James Patrick Duffy

Another Man

Flo Lawrence

Maude Anderson

Sebastian Faure

Movie Star #1

Randy Davison

Maître D

Christian Prentice

Emcee

Leven Rambin

Eve - Shelly's Girlfriend

Rick Pasqualone

Singer

Gary Teitelbaum

Rabbi

Eden Wattez

Joanna Mankiewicz - Age 2

Roslyn Cohn

Elmma Wilson

Mark Fite

James Wilson

John Patrick Jordan

Best Original Screenplay Announcer

Ben Mankiewicz

Broadcaster, Academy Awards

Natalie Denise Sperl

Movie Star #2

Brian Michael Jones

Aide - Ben

Camille Montgomery

Starlet #1

Craig Robert Young

Charlie Chaplin

Paul Carafotes

Assistant Director

Anne Beyer

Female Party Goer

Joey Hagler

Male Party Goer

Sean Donnellan

Martin Butler

Stewart Skelton

News Reel I

Malachi Rivers

News Reel II

Keith Barber

News Reel III

Kaytlin Borgen

Mayer's Assistant

Madison West

Starlet #2

Elvy

Starlet #3

Ali Axelrad

Starlet #4

Adrienne Evans

Wife #1

Wylie Small

Wife #2

Dana Lyn Baron

Wife #3

Jaclyn Bethany

Typist (uncredited)

Cary Christopher

Young Joseph Mankiewicz (uncredited)

Michelle Twarowska

Joan Crawford (uncredited)

Kingston Vernes

Young Herman Mankiewicz (uncredited)

Jordan Matlock

Groundskeeper (uncredited)

Anthony Molinari

Hobo (uncredited)

Daniel Hoffman

MGM Child Star (uncredited)

Sebastian Twohey-Jacobs

Beach Goer (uncredited)

Crew

Director

David Fincher

Screenplay

Jack Fincher

Reviews

maketheSWITCH

November 20, 2020

Rather than a burst of cinematic energy, 'Mank' is a considered, meticulous, subtle and ultimately furious film, one that continues to grow in your mind hours after seeing it. Even after two viewings, I can still hear my mind chewing over every second, my heart quietly racing as I consider its individual moments of genius. This isn't some nostalgic elegy to a great film or a great artist, but a damning portrait of how systems of power can be misused, and how good men find themselves complicit. It speaks ferociously to our contemporary world, and reminds us of the important role of art in a functioning society. In that sense, 'Mank' isn't a film about cinema; it's a film that asks what the point of cinema even is. It's a powerful, rebellious question to ask, and the kind of question only a filmmaker as skilled as David Fincher would dare to, and the imagination to find the answer. In the process, he may have just delivered the best film of the year. - Daniel Lammin

Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-mank-a-dazzling-damnation-of-the-hypocrisy-of-power