Jan 29, 1996
108 min
Full-HD

The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)

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.

Category

Documentary TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

GBH

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

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