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The Battle Over Citizen Kane is a 1996
1996 in television

The year 1996 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1996.For the American TV schedule, see: 1996-97 United States network television schedule....
 documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 chronicling the clash of billionaire newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst I was an United States History of American newspapers Business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. The son of self-made millionaire George Hearst, he became aware that his father received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt....
 and actor/writer/director Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
 over the 1941
1941 in film

The year 1941 in film involved some significant events....
 film Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is a 1941 in film United States dramatic film and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award in nine categories, but won only for Best Original Screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles....
 and the events which led to the film nearly being destroyed. The documentary includes biographies of both men.

It was originally aired as an episode of the Public Broadcast System's The American Experience series and was narrated by actor Paul Winfield
Paul Winfield

Paul Edward Winfield was an American television and film actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder and as Dr....
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The Battle Over Citizen Kane is a 1996
1996 in television

The year 1996 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1996.For the American TV schedule, see: 1996-97 United States network television schedule....
 documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 chronicling the clash of billionaire newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst I was an United States History of American newspapers Business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. The son of self-made millionaire George Hearst, he became aware that his father received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt....
 and actor/writer/director Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
 over the 1941
1941 in film

The year 1941 in film involved some significant events....
 film Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is a 1941 in film United States dramatic film and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award in nine categories, but won only for Best Original Screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles....
 and the events which led to the film nearly being destroyed. The documentary includes biographies of both men.

It was originally aired as an episode of the Public Broadcast System's The American Experience series and was narrated by actor Paul Winfield
Paul Winfield

Paul Edward Winfield was an American television and film actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder and as Dr....
. On September 25, 2001, Turner Home Entertainment released Citizen Kane and The Battle Over Citizen Kane as a DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 set.

The Battle Over Citizen Kane was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature
Academy Award for Documentary Feature

The Academy Awards for Documentary Feature is among the most prestigious awards for documentary films....
, but lost to Anne Frank Remembered.

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