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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

7.419961h 48mNRMovieDocumentaryTV Movie

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.

DirectorsThomas Lennon·Michael Epstein
WritersThomas Lennon·Richard Ben Cramer
ProducersThomas Lennon·Judy Crichton

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Cast · Directed by Thomas Lennon

RC
Richard Ben Cramer
Narrator (voice)
WAWilliam Alland
William Alland
Self
TA
Thomas Anderson
Self
PBPeter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
JB
Jimmy Breslin
Self
MDMarion Davies
Marion Davies
Self (archive footage)
LP
Leonard de Paur
Self
DJDouglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
RFRichard France
Richard France
Self
WH
William Randolph Hearst
Self (archive footage)
WH
William Herz
Self
SL
Sam Leve
Self

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The Battle Over Citizen Kane hasn't started streaming in Philippines yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around March 18, 1996. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.