The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Name: The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 1996-01-29
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Richard Ben Cramer, Frank Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, William Alland, Jimmy Breslin

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Release Date

1/29/1996

Runtime

108 mins

Genres

Documentary TV Movie

Overview

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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Released

Original Language

English

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A fascinating deep-dive into the real-world conflict that nearly buried one of cinema's greatest films, examining how a titan of American power tried to suppress an artistic masterpiece. Equal parts biography, historical detective work, and meditation on who controls the narrative.