Top 10 Things Mank Got Factually Right and Wrong
VOICE OVER: Rebecca Brayton
WRITTEN BY: Nick Spake
Biopics have a tendency to inflate the truth. How did this one do? For this list, we'll be looking at what's fact and what's fiction in this Netflix biopic about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. Our countdown includes Mank's Election Bet, Marion Davies' Portrayal, Upton Sinclair Inspired Mank, and more!
- #10: One of Welles' Outbursts Inspired a Scene
- #9: Mank's Election Bet
- #8: Mank Saved His Housekeeper's Village From Fascism
- #7: Mank's Addictions
- #6: Mank's Contract & Screen Credit
- #5: Marion Davies' Portrayal
- #4: Mank's Condition While Writing "Citizen Kane"
- #3: Mank's Drunken Pitch
- #2: Upton Sinclair Inspired Mank
- #1: William Randolph Hearst = Charles Foster Kane
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