RKO 281 / HBO Pictures presents in association with WGBH Boston ; a Scott Free production ; a Benjamin Ross film ; Labrador Films ; produced by Su Armstrong ; written by John Logan ; directed by Benjamin Ross.

Coming to Hollywood as a celebrated boy genius featuring a spectacular career arc in New York including his "War of the Worlds" radio hoax, Orson Welles is stymied on the subject for his first film. After a dinner party at Hearst Castle, during which he has a verbal altercation with Hearst, Welles d...

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Corporate Authors:	HBO Pictures WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) Scott Free Productions Labrador Films
Other Authors:	Ross, Benjamin, 1964- (Director) Logan, John, 1961- (Screenwriter) Armstrong, Su (Producer) Cromwell, James (Actor) Malkovich, John (Actor) Griffith, Melanie, 1957- (Actor) Schreiber, Liev (Actor) Scheider, Roy (Actor) Blethyn, Brenda, 1946- (Actor) Cunningham, Liam (Actor) Suchet, David (Actor)
Language:	English Spanish French
Language and/or Writing System:	English or Spanish soundtracks ; English, French, or Spanish subtitles. Closed captioned.
Published:	New York, N.Y. : HBO Home Video, 2000.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Welles, Orson, > 1915-1985 > Drama. Hearst, William Randolph, > 1863-1951 > Drama. Citizen Kane (Motion picture) > Drama. Television programs > United States. Made-for-TV movies. Biographical television programs. Fiction television programs. Drama. Hearst, William Randolph, > 1863-1951. Welles, Orson, > 1915-1985. Citizen Kane (Motion picture)
Genre:	Drama. Television programs Made-for-TV movies. Biographical television programs. Fiction television programs.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	Coming to Hollywood as a celebrated boy genius featuring a spectacular career arc in New York including his "War of the Worlds" radio hoax, Orson Welles is stymied on the subject for his first film. After a dinner party at Hearst Castle, during which he has a verbal altercation with Hearst, Welles decides to do a movie about Hearst. It takes him some time to convince co-writer Herman Mankiewicz and the studio, but Welles eventually gets the script and the green light, keeping the subject very hush-hush with the press. When a rough cut is screened, Hearst gets wind of the movie's theme and begins a campaign to see that it is not only never publicly screened, but destroyed.
Note:	Based in part on the documentary 'The battle over Citizen Kane' from 'The American Experience'. Originally broadcast on cable television on Nov. 20, 1999. Includes cast and crew biographies. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CY2 D0149798 VideoDVD AF8 D0002952 VideoDVD
Audience:	Rated R.
ISBN:	0783116764 9780783116761
Credits:	Music by John Altman ; editor, Alex Mackie ; photography, Mike Southon.
System Details:	DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; English Dolby 5.1 ; English Dolby surround ; Spanish mono.
Cast:	Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider, John Malkovich, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet.