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The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996) · Cineora

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A MICHAEL EPSTEIN FILM

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

19961h 48mNRMovie

DocumentaryTV Movie

IMDb7.7/ 10 · 1.5K votes

THE STORY

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.

Thought-provoking
Nostalgic
True story
Ambition
Art

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Mild
Complexity: Some focus

Good for talking about after and watching alone.

DirectorMichael Epstein · Thomas Lennon

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.4 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Richard Ben CramerNarrator (voice)

William AllandSelf

Thomas AndersonSelf

Peter BogdanovichSelf

Jimmy BreslinSelf

Marion DaviesSelf (archive footage)

Leonard de PaurSelf

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Self

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