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RKO 281, HBO Films presents in association with WGBH Boston a Scott Free Production, a Benjamin Ross Film ; produced by Su Armstrong ; written by John Logan ; directed by Benjamin Ross

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RKO 281

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HBO Films presents in association with WGBH Boston a Scott Free Production, a Benjamin Ross Film ; produced by Su Armstrong ; written by John Logan ; directed by Benjamin Ross

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RKO 281, the working title for "Citizen Kane," has been called the greatest movie of all time. Its visionary creator, Orson Welles, was only 24 when he arrived in Hollywood following the acclaim and scandal that erupted over the live radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds." This was to be his first motion picture. The subject? An aging, obsessive newspaper publisher who controlled his enemies as ruthlessly as he controlled his friends ; whose lavish estate was half the size of Rhode Island, and whose mistress was destined for fame whether she wanted it or not. He would bear so close a resemblance to William Randoplh Hearst, that Hearst himself would do anything to shut the movie down

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