The Battle Over Citizen Kane
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: American Experience Series
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Adult
- Subjects: Physical Science, History
- Produced By: WGBH
- Year: 1996
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 60m
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This Academy Award® nominated two-hour documentary offers a detailed on and off the set perspective on the historic "clash of the titans." Through amazingly candid interviews with Orson Welles, the stars of Citizen Kane, and associates of both combatants, discover what made Welles so revered and Hearst so vindictive. Extensive film clips from Citizen Kane and fascinating biographical profiles of both men (including rare footage from San Simeon and Welles' historic War of the Worlds broadcast) reveal new facts in the power struggle between two proud, gifted, and destructive Americans on a fateful collision course.