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The Battle Over Citizen Kane is a 1996 American documentary film directed and produced by Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein, from a screenplay by Lennon and Richard Ben Cramer, who also narrates. [1] It chronicles the clash between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over the production and release of Welles's 1941 film Citizen Kane , which has been considered the greatest film ever made .
Jan 29, 1996 · The Battle Over Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane was an American saga about a giant who brings ruin to all, including himself. As fate would have it, it is through this film that both Orson Wells and ...
The Battle Over Citizen Kane: Directed by Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon. With William Alland, Thomas Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, Jimmy Breslin. Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941).
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon
- 1996-01-29
Apr 30, 2021 · The battle over Citizen Kane was in large part a fight over her honor: It was said that Welles's treatment of Davies riled Hearst more than any other aspect of the film. Even Welles agreed that ...
- American Experience
Nov 14, 2020 · David Fincher’s new film, “Mank,” is an attempt to define the nature of Mankiewicz’s contribution to “Citizen Kane,” and to the history of cinema—and to dramatize his battle to get ...
Jan 29, 1996 · The Battle Over Citizen Kane (DOCU -- COLOR/B&W) Production: A WGBH presentation of a Lennon Documentary Group film for "The American Experience." Produced by Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein ...
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Nov 11, 2000 · The Battle Over Citizen Kane. This Academy Award nominee for best feature documentary tells the story of the battle between Orson Welles, star/director/producer of the 1941 Citizen Kane, and William Randolph Hearst (its thinly veiled subject), who attempted to destroy the film regarded by many critics around the world today as the finest ever ...