Herman Mankiewicz

Herman Mankiewicz

Date of Birth

1897-11-07

Date of Death

1953-03-05

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Citizen Kane, The Front Page

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Citizen Kane loses perfect Rotten Tomatoes score due to 80-year-old review

Posted 5 years ago

Jason Citizen Kane has been widely regarded as the best film of all-time and has enjoyed a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes which reflected that legacy, but thanks to a recently resurfaced 80-year-old review from the Chicago Tribune, the...

New production details revealed about David Fincher’s upcoming film Mank

Posted 6 years ago

Jason It's hard to fathom that David Fincher, the acclaimed director of iconic films like FIGHT CLUB and THE SOCIAL NETWORK, hasn't helmed a movie since 2014's GONE GIRL. At one time he was attached to direct the sequel to...

Gary Oldman to star in David Fincher’s biopic of Citizen Kane co-writer

Posted 7 years ago

Jason It's been nearly five years since the release of David Fincher's last film, 2014's GONE GIRL, but the director is finally moving forward on his next project, a biopic centered around Herman Mankiewicz, a newspaper man who became a...

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Awfully Good: Citizen Kane

Posted 11 years ago

Jason Citizen Kane (1941) Director: Orson Welles Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore A rich white guy dies and everyone is super nosy about his last words. (If TMZ was around, this movie would’ve been over in five...

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