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The Battle Over Citizen Kane 1996

★ 7.4 1h 48m DocumentaryTV Movie

Directed by Thomas Lennon

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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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The cast

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Richard Ben Cramer Narrator (voice)
William Alland
William Alland Self
T
Thomas Anderson Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich Self
J
Jimmy Breslin Self
Marion Davies
Marion Davies Self (archive footage)
L
Leonard de Paur Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Self
Richard France
Richard France Self
William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst Self (archive footage)
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William Herz Self
S
Sam Leve Self
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd Self
N
Nancy Loe Self

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