The Battle Over Citizen Kane

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Infobox Film
name = The Battle over Citizen Kane


writer = Richard Ben Cramer
Thomas Lennon
starring = David McCullough (host)
Orson Welles
William Randolph Hearst
director = Michael Epstein
Thomas Lennon
producer = Michael Epstein
Thomas Lennon
distributor = PBS
released = January 29, 1996
runtime = 113 min.
language = English
imdb_id = 0115634

"The Battle Over Citizen Kane" is a 1996 documentary chronicling the clash of billionaire newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and actor/writer/director Orson Welles over the 1941 film "Citizen Kane" and the events which led to the film nearly being destroyed. The documentary includes biographies of both men.

It was originally aired as an episode of the Public Broadcast System's "The American Experience" series and was narrated by actor Paul Winfield. On September 25, 2001, Turner Home Entertainment released "Citizen Kane" and "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" as a DVD set.

"The Battle Over Citizen Kane" was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature, but lost to "Anne Frank Remembered".

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