Episode Ten: Mank
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Double digits, baby! With just a few weeks until the Oscars, we're checking out the most nominated piece in this year's pool of nominees - David Fincher's "Mank." 24 year old Orson Welles is setting out to make what he doesn’t know will be acclaimed as the greatest movie ever made. His choice of writer is Herman J. Mankiewicz, played by Gary Oldman, a washed up alcoholic screenwriter and playwright. Welles cuts Mank off from his friends, family, and alcohol in order to get the first draft of a script out of Mank within 60 days - it’s in those 60 days, through flashbacks and stories, that we learn how inspired by true events "Citizen Kane" actually was. The film has 10 chances to take home an Oscar statue - which ones does it deserve? Thank you so so much for 500 listeners, and shoutout to our giveaway winner, Rory! If you want to win our next giveaway, tell all of your friends to tune in so we hit another listener/follower milestone (-; Be sure to check us out on social media - @oscarbaitpodcast on Instagram, @oscarbaitthepod on Twitter, AND @oscarbaitpodcast on TikTok!
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