Mank: History vs. Hollywood
Gary Oldman's character in David Fincher's
Mank is compared to
real-life screenwriter Herman J.
Mankiewicz. We examine both the big and
small questions regarding the movie's
factual accuracy, including did Mankiewicz
play a role in Upton Sinclair losing the
1934 race for governor of California, and
did Mank really write the
Citizen
Kane screenplay without the help of
Orson Welles? Discover answers to these
questions and more. Also, see side-by-side
photos of the
Mank real people
and their onscreen counterparts.
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