| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of a 1996 program in the PBS series the American experience by the Lennon Documentary Group. |
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Special DVD features include: Welles filmography, chapter search, access to website. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- An American saga -- Hearst: building an empire -- Welles: a controversial career -- Hearst and American politics -- The war of the worlds -- Life at San Simeon -- Welles arrival in Hollywood -- Filming Citizen Kane -- Attempts to crush Citizen Kane -- The decline of hearst and Welles. |
| Credits |
Producer, Thomas Lennon ; writers, Richard Ben Cramer, Thomas Lennon ; photography, Greg Andracke, Michael Chin ; editor, Ken Eluto ; music, Brian Keane. |
| Performer |
Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Richard Ben Cramer. |
| Summary |
Looks at the lives and careers of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst, and how Hearst tried to surpress the 1941 film Citizen Kane and destroy Welles. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
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English audiotrack and English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States -- Videodiscs.
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Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Videodiscs.
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Documentary television programs -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television programs.
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| Added Author |
McCullough, David G.
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Cramer, Richard Ben.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program) Battle over Citizen Kane.
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| ISBN |
1578075750 |
| Music No. |
WG1078 WGBH Boston Video |
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