The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)

NR ★ 7.4/10 108 min Documentary, TV Movie United States English

Directors: Thomas Lennon , Michael Epstein

Writers: Thomas Lennon, Richard Ben Cramer

Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top 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