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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1996-01-29

Runtime: 108 mins

Director: Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein

Writer: Thomas Lennon, Richard Ben Cramer

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary, TV Movie

Original title: The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Production Companies: GBH

Production Countries: United States of America

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