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The Battle Over Citizen Kane by Michael Epstein and Thomas Lennon (1995)

This is included on the CITIZEN KANE DVD, but was a TV show from 1995, and is just under 2 hours long. It is the story of the making of Citizen Kane, as well as the story of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst and how he tried to stop and destroy this film. With old photos and video to fill in the story. This is an incredible documentary and a must see for all fans of Citizen Kane, and anyone who has seen it!

This is an incredible documentary that goes into the fact that Orson Welles was given this film at age 25 after his War of the Worlds radio broadcast, with the best deal any director ever had or ever will had, and how he took on William Randolph Hurst, and neither man won, and Welles never reached the top again. It was Welles depiction of Hurst’s girlfriend Marion Davies that supposedly disturbed him the most, and that is why he did all he could to destroy Welles, even having him called a Communist. And it has interview footage with Welles himself, which really ads to this incredible story.

What an incredible documentary!

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