The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996 | 108m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein |
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| Writer: | Thomas Lennon, Richard Ben Cramer |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 29, 1996 |
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| Director: | Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein |
| Writer: | Thomas Lennon, Richard Ben Cramer |
| Genres: | Documentary, TV Movie |
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| Production Companies | GBH |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Richard France | Self |
| William Randolph Hearst | Self (archive footage) |
| William Herz | Self |
| Sam Leve | Self |
| Norman Lloyd | Self |
| Nancy Loe | Self |
| Frank Mankiewicz | Self |
| Ruth Warrick | Self |
| Orson Welles | Self (archive footage) |
| Vern Whaley | Self |
| Robert Wise | Self |
| David McCullough | Self - Host of The American Experience |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Thomas Lennon | Director, Writer |
| Richard Ben Cramer | Writer |
| Michael Epstein | Director |
| Michael Chin | Director of Photography |
| Gregory Andracke | Director of Photography |
| Brian Keane | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Thomas Lennon | Producer |
| Julie Sacks | Associate Producer |
| Judy Crichton | Executive Producer |
| Margaret Drain | Supervising Producer |
| Michael Epstein | Producer |
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