
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
NR“Documentary from The American Experience”
1996·108 min·Released
Studio: GBH
7.4TMDb
Theatrical Jan 29, 1996
🇺🇸
USA · English · USA
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.
Crew
DirectorThomas Lennon, Michael Epstein
WriterThomas Lennon, Richard Ben Cramer
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

Ruth Warrick
Self

Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Vern Whaley
Self

Robert Wise
Self

David McCullough
Self - Host of The American Experience
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