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The Battle Over Citizen Kane
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

1996
Directed byThomas Lennon
1h 48m

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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Richard Ben CramerNarrator (voice)William AllandSelfThomas AndersonSelf
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Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Jimmy BreslinSelf
Marion DaviesSelf (archive footage)
Leonard de PaurSelf
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Self
Richard FranceSelf
William Randolph HearstSelf (archive footage)
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GENRES
DocumentaryTV Movie
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
GBH
RATING
7.4

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