The Battle over Citizen Kane
(a.k.a. "RKO 281")

US (1995): Documentary

This documentary, produced for PBS' "The American Experience" series, chronicles the struggles between filmmaker Orson Welles and newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst over the making and release of Citizen Kane, whose protagonist (Charles Foster Kane) was allegedly a barely fictionalized Hearst. Interviews with contemporaries of Hearst and Welles reveal the intense campaign to suppress the film and ultimately ruin the career of its director. (Amazon.com)


· Achievement in Documentary Features 1995: Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein, Producers

1 nomination