Mank is a 2020 American black-and-white biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for Citizen Kane. Directed by David Fincher, based on a screenplay by his late father Jack Fincher, the film was produced by Ceán Chaffin, Douglas Urbanski, and Eric Roth. It stars Gary Oldman in the title role, alongside Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Joseph Cross, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, Monika Gossman, and Charles Dance. Jack Fincher wrote the script in the 1990s, and David originally intended to film it after he completed The Game, with Kevin Spacey and Jodie Foster as the leads. It never came to fruition, and Jack Fincher died in 2003. Eventually, the project was officially announced in July 2019, and filming took place around Los Angeles from November 2019 to February 2020.
| Director | David Fincher |
| Produced by | Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski |
| Screenplay by | Jack Fincher |
| Starring | Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Charles Dance |
| Music | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross |
| Cinematography | Erik Messerschmidt |
| Edited by | Kirk Baxter |
| Production, company | Netflix International Pictures, Flying Studio, Panic Pictures, Blue Light |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
| Released | November 13, 2020 (United States) |
| Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $122,252 |
| Netflix ID | 81117189 |
About Mank
Biographical drama about screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz in the time he was developing his magnum opus, Citizen Kane. The film was directed by David Fincher, with a screenplay that his late father, Jack Fincher, wrote in the 1990's.
Achievement of Mank
Mank had a limited theatrical run prior to landing on Netflix in late 2020. The movie's score was written by frequent Fincher collaborators Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
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