The Battle Over Citizen Kane
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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.
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Cast
21 people
Richard Ben Cramer
Narrator (voice)
William Alland
Self
Known for
Citizen Kane
Macbeth
Thomas Anderson
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Known for
The Sopranos
The Other Side of the Wind
Jimmy Breslin
Self
Known for
The Critic
Marion Davies
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Show People
Leonard de Paur
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Known for
Little Caesar
Gunga Din
Richard France
Self
Known for
Dawn of the Dead
The Crazies
William Randolph Hearst
Self (archive footage)
William Herz
Self
Sam Leve
Self
Michael Epstein Director · Thomas Lennon Director Richard Ben Cramer Writer
United States release January 29, 1996 · Produced in United States · Production WGBH Boston
Production
GBH
Production
WGBH Boston
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 29, 1996
TV
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