The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Name: The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 1996
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 7.4

1996 · 108 min

Documentary · TV Movie

★ 7.4

not streaming

Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career.

Crew

Director Thomas Lennon
Director Michael Epstein
Writer Thomas Lennon
Writer Richard Ben Cramer
Director of Photography Michael Chin
Director of Photography Gregory Andracke

Cast

R
Richard Ben Cramer
Narrator (voice)
William Alland
Self
T
Thomas Anderson
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
J
Jimmy Breslin
Self
Marion Davies
Self (archive footage)
L
Leonard de Paur
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Richard France
Self
W
William Randolph Hearst
Self (archive footage)
W
William Herz
Self
S
Sam Leve
Self

Crew

Director — Thomas Lennon
Director — Michael Epstein
Writer — Thomas Lennon
Writer — Richard Ben Cramer
Director of Photography — Michael Chin
Director of Photography — Gregory Andracke

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Intermission

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