American Experience (1988 – ...)

1988 • 38 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG

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Episode 7 — The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Name: Episode 7 — The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Released: 1996-01-29
Duration: 55 min

Season 8 • American Experience

Released: 1996-01-29 • Documentary

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A thinly-veiled portrait of the immensely powerful newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, the movie created a buzz long before it was released. Most people thought it the work of a genius, but Hearst set out to destroy the director, Orson Welles, and suppress the movie. Just a year earlier Welles had terrorized the east coast with a radio broadcast simulating an alien invasion. But now the 24-year-old boy-genius had taken on one of the most powerful men in America.

Episodes

Episode 1
Murder of the Century
1995-10-16

Episode 2
Edison's Miracle of Light
1995-10-23

Episode 3
Chicago 1968
1995-11-13

Episode 4
The Orphan Trains
1995-11-27

Episode 5
Freedom on My Mind
1996-01-15

Episode 6
Daley: The Last Boss
1996-01-22

Episode 7
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996-01-29

Episode 8
The Wright Stuff
1996-02-12

Episode 9
Spy in the Sky
1996-02-26

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Episode air date	29.01.1996
Episode runtime	55 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	6.6
IMDb series rating	8.6
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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