The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996•NR•1h 48m•7.4•Released
DocumentaryTV Movie
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.
Director
Thomas Lennon
Writer
Thomas Lennon, Richard Ben Cramer
Languages
English
Studio
GBH
Cast
Richard Ben Cramer
Narrator (voice)
William Alland
Self
Thomas Anderson
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Jimmy Breslin
Self
Marion Davies
Self (archive footage)
Leonard de Paur
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Richard France
Self
William Randolph Hearst
Self (archive footage)
William Herz
Self
Sam Leve
Self
Norman Lloyd
Self
Nancy Loe
Self
Frank Mankiewicz
Self
Production
Company
GBH
Producer
Thomas Lennon
Producer
Michael Epstein
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