David Fincher s
Mank is based on screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz’s (portrayed by Gary Oldman) time writing the script for the iconic film
Citizen Kane. Coming in with 10 nominations,
Mank is one of the most buzzed-about films of the year. Production designer Donald Graham Burt and Fincher have been working together since
Zodiac (2007) and are clearly a winning combination. They’ve collaborated on Academy Award–nominated films (and winners) such as
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008),
The Social Network (2010), and
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).
For
Mank, Graham Burt had to create authentic sets to accurately convey the Golden Age of Hollywood
Horrible Histories Live Onboard – Terrible Thames!
April 20, 2021 Last updated:
April 20, 2021
Horrible Histories proudly presents a brand-new brilliant tour:
Horrible Histories Live Onboard – Terrible Thames!
Tremble in terror at the Tower! Sizzle at the Savoy! Give Cleopatra the needle! Be washed away at Westminster! Lose yourself in Lambeth! Get gobsmacked by the Globe! Hold onto your head at London Bridge and escape from Execution Dock!
Take a dive with Horrible Histories into the stories of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Julius Caesar, the Duke of Wellington, Queen Boudicca, Jack the Ripper and Captain Kidd, in this history of the Thames with the nasty bits left in!
WHAT IT S ABOUT:
A Civil War veteran, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kid (Tom Hanks), now goes from town to town across the wounded American South to recite public readings of the latest news from across the country. On his travels, he comes across a young white girl, Johanna (Helena Zingel), who mysteriously speaks only the language of the Kiowa American Indians and is left all alone after her adopted family are killed. Swearing to return Johanna to her biological aunt and uncle in a faraway town, the two form a deepening bond as they confront obstacle after obstacle as they travel the hundreds of miles across semi-arid wilds and often hostile towns.
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By LARRY BALLWAHN | Wilton
Seventy-one-year-old Captain Jeffrey Kyle Kidd read the news. Not as you might do or even as Walter Cronkite did. The time was just after the Civil War. Many people couldn’t read or couldn’t read well. Telegraphs and rail service were in sad shape in the south if they had even existed outside the main cities. So, when the captain came to town, many paid their dime and listened to the captain as he read about current events and happenings in far-off places. At present, he was in North Texas.
Kidd was summoned from his most recent reading by a cartage acquaintance to attempt to solve a problem. Britt Johnson had accepted the job of returning a captive girl to her relatives in Castroville, Texas, south of San Antonio. Her parents had been killed by the raiding Kiowa, and her uncle had sent a $50 gold piece to the Indian Agent to assist with her return. Johnson had agreed to help, but he had freight to haul, and Castroville was too far off his usual ro