RKO 281
1999 · 84 min · Director: Benjamin Ross
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Coming to Hollywood as a celebrated boy genius featuring a spectacular career arc in New York including his radio hoax War of the Worlds, Orson Welles is stymied on the subject for his first film. After a dinner party at Hearst Castle, during which he has a verbal altercation with William Randolph Hearst, Welles decides to do a movie about Hearst. It takes him some time to convince co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz and the studio, but Welles eventually gets the script and the green light, keeping the subject very hush-hush with the press. The movie is about an aging newspaper publisher who controlled his enemies as ruthlessly as he controlled his friends; and whose mistress was destined for fame. When a rough cut is screened, Hearst gets wind of the movie's theme and begins a campaign to see that it is not only never publicly screened, but destroyed.
Emotional fingerprint
RKO 281 (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Anticipation 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Excitement30%
- Anticipation25%
- Anxiety20%
- Inspiration15%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Anticipation, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Biography. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Anticipation and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Sadness
- Curiosity
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Inspiration
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Sadness | Curiosity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Curiosity | 48 % | 22 % | 2 % | 48 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 6′ | Curiosity | 46 % | 30 % | 8 % | 44 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 11′ | Humor | 49 % | 40 % | 15 % | 41 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 45 % | 20 % | 48 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Curiosity | 55 % | 40 % | 19 % | 51 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Humor | 51 % | 36 % | 10 % | 46 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Tension | 51 % | 41 % | 8 % | 40 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Inspiration | 55 % | 46 % | 21 % | 36 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Sadness | 57 % | 45 % | 43 % | 34 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Sadness | 59 % | 46 % | 41 % | 35 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Tension | 65 % | 60 % | 23 % | 39 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Tension | 70 % | 70 % | 18 % | 38 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Tension | 70 % | 69 % | 29 % | 32 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Tension | 73 % | 70 % | 45 % | 25 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Tension | 73 % | 68 % | 55 % | 20 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Sadness | 71 % | 64 % | 57 % | 23 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Tension | 75 % | 65 % | 48 % | 24 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Inspiration | 71 % | 56 % | 36 % | 24 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Sadness | 63 % | 39 % | 41 % | 24 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Inspiration | 62 % | 25 % | 48 % | 20 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
John Houseman
David O. Selznick
Mr. Thomson
Joseph Willicombe
Dorothy Comingore
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Details
- Directed by
- Benjamin Ross
- Written by
- John Logan, Richard Ben Cramer, Thomas Lennon
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1999
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Excitement
- Data updated
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