---
title: 'The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Thomas Lennon'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-battle-over-citizen-kane-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115634/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)

1996 · 108 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

The Battle Over Citizen Kane is a 1996 American documentary film directed and produced by Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein, from a screenplay by Lennon and Richard Ben Cramer, who also narrates. It chronicles the clash between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over the production and release of Welles's 1941 film Citizen Kane, which has been considered the greatest film ever made.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Richard Ben Cramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ben-cramer), [Thomas Lennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-lennon)
- **Director:** [Thomas Lennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-lennon), [Michael Epstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-epstein)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Brian Keane](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-keane)

## Cast

- [William Randolph Hearst](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-randolph-hearst)
- [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)
- [Norman Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lloyd)
- [Ruth Warrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-warrick)
- [David McCullough](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mccullough)
- [Richard Ben Cramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ben-cramer)
- [Peter Bogdanovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bogdanovich)
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)

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