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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

7.3

1h 48m

1996

Synopsis

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

Michael Epstein

DocumentaryTV Movie

Cast & Crew

Richard Ben Cramer

as Narrator (voice)

William Alland

William Alland

as Self

Thomas Anderson

as Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

as Self

Jimmy Breslin

as Self

Marion Davies

Marion Davies

as Self (archive footage)

Leonard de Paur

as Self

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as Self

Richard France

Richard France

as Self

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