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Mank

Mank is a 2020 American biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for Orson Welles's 1941 film Citizen Kane. It was directed by David Fincher based on a screenplay written by his late father Jack Fincher and was produced by Ceán Chaffin, Douglas Urbanski, and Eric Roth. It stars Gary Oldman in…

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Box office
$122,572
Budget
$25 million
Cinematography
Erik Messerschmidt
Country
United States
Directed by
David Fincher
Distributed by
Netflix

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related to Cast · 61
Mank → Although Metcalf, Arliss Howard, Ben HechtCraig Robert Young, Bette Davis, Bill Nye, Billie Dove, Carole Lombard, Charles LedererJamie McShane, Charles MacArthur, Charlie ChaplinRandy Davison, Clark Gable, Darryl, David, Dolores, Eddie Cantor, Eleanor Boardman, Eve Metcalf, Feist, Felix, Fräulein Frieda
related to Plot · 29
Mank → California, Charles Foster Kane, Democratic, For, Hearst, Hearst Castle, Herman, Herman's, Hollywood, In, Joseph, Louis, Mankiewicz, Marion, Marion Davies, Mayer's, MGM, Nazi Germany, Orson Welles, Producer John Houseman
related to Writing · 29
Mank → Ben Kenigsberg, Carringer, Citizen Kane, Esquire, Finchers Senior, Her, Herman, Jack Fincher, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Junior, Kael's, Mank's, Mankiewicz, Mankiewicz's, Many, New York Times, New Yorker, October, Pauline Kael, Peter Bogdanovich
related to Development · 24
Mank → Additional, Amanda Seyfried, Arliss Howard, Atticus Ross, Charles Dance, David Fincher, Donald Graham Burt, Erik Messerschmidt, Fincher, Fincher's, Gary Oldman, It, Jack Fincher, Jodie Foster, July, Kevin Spacey, Kirk Baxter, Lily Collins, Mindhunter, October
related to Filming · 24
Mank → California, Citizen Kane, Dance, Davies, February, Filming, Fincher, Fincher's, Gregg Toland, Groundhog Day, Huntington Gardens, It, Los Angeles, Mankiewicz, Messerschmidt, November, Pasadena, RED, Seyfried, She
related to Critical response · 19
Mank → According, Citizen Kane, Eric Kohn, Fincher's, His, Hollywood, However, IndieWire, It's, Justin Chang, Kane, Los Angeles Times, Mankiewicz, Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes, Sharply, The, Welles, Writing
related to Music · 13
Mank → An, As, Atticus Ross, Bandcamp, COVID-19, December, Fincher's, Forgoing, Reznor, Ross, The, The Null Corporation, Trent Reznor
related to Release and reception · 13
Mank → Ammonite, Bloods, Chicago, Da, December, Hillbilly Elegy, IndieWire, Netflix, November, The Climb, The Trial, United States, Upon
Starring · 7
Mank → Amanda Seyfried, Arliss Howard, Charles Dance, Gary Oldman, Lily Collins, Tom Burke, Tom Pelphrey
related to External links · 5
Mank → History, HollywoodScript Archived February, IMDb Mank, Rotten TomatoesMank, Wayback Machine

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herman film fincher kane screenplay including seyfried production hearst 2020 oldman mankiewicz joseph charles welles citizen script hollywood release herman's

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MankBox office$122,5721.00infobox
MankBudget$25 million1.00infobox
MankCinematographyErik Messerschmidt1.00infobox
MankCountryUnited States1.00infobox
MankDirected byDavid Fincher1.00infobox
MankDistributed byNetflix1.00infobox
MankEdited byKirk Baxter1.00infobox
MankLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
MankMusic byTrent Reznor1.00infobox
MankMusic byAtticus Ross1.00infobox
MankProduced byCeán Chaffin1.00infobox
MankProduced byEric Roth1.00infobox
MankProduced byDouglas Urbanski1.00infobox
MankProduction companiesNetflix International Pictures1.00infobox
MankProduction companiesFlying Studio Pictures1.00infobox
MankProduction companiesPanic Pictures1.00infobox
MankProduction companiesBlue Light1.00infobox
MankRelease datesNovember 13, 2020 (2020-11-13) (United States)1.00infobox
MankRelease datesDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04) (Netflix)1.00infobox
MankRunning time131 minutes1.00infobox
MankScreenplay byJack Fincher1.00infobox
MankStarringGary Oldman1.00infobox
MankStarringAmanda Seyfried1.00infobox
MankStarringLily Collins1.00infobox
MankStarringArliss Howard1.00infobox
MankStarringTom Pelphrey1.00infobox
MankStarringCharles Dance1.00infobox
MankStarringTom Burke1.00infobox
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