{"product_id":"mank-9781350244856","title":"Mank","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Fincher''s \u003ci\u003eMank \u003c\/i\u003erecreates 1930s Hollywood through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e. Starring Gary Oldman as Mankiewicz, Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst and Tom Burke as Orson Welles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea heartfelt, irresistibly watchable film -- Peter Bradshaw * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e“Mank” is a lusciously evocative, verbally sharp-angled movie that’s never less than engrossing. -- Owen Gleiberman * Variety *\u003cbr\u003ea clear-eyed, warts ’n’ all love letter to Hollywood, alive to both the glamour and messy realities of the film industry and the act of creation itself — all wrapped in some of the most gorgeous filmmaking craft imaginable ... \u003ci\u003eMank\u003c\/i\u003e delivers the “magic of the movies” in its own unique way. -- Ian Freer * Empire *\u003cbr\u003eIt’s no small matter that the author of \u003ci\u003eMank\u003c\/i\u003e is Jack Fincher, the director’s father, who died in 2003. He gets sole credit, a gesture that ratifies the film’s argument that screenwriting isn’t only about what’s on the page: at its finest, it facilitates conditions in which everyone can sparkle. I don’t know whether the script stipulated the box of Gold Dust washing powder that sits  beside the sink in Mank’s villa, but there it is, bold as brass, hinting at the alchemy necessary to create a \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e. Or, for that matter, a \u003ci\u003eMank\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Ryan Gilbey * New Statesman *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407524372823,"sku":"9781350244856","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350244856.jpg?v=1730499663","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mank-9781350244856","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}