The Battle Over Citizen Kane [SEP] nominated for
Citizen Kane" did not become a money-maker, "The Magnificent Ambersons" was wrested from his control; this time he did not have the right of final cut. RKO re-edited the film itself and released it. William Randolph Hearst died in 1951; Orson Welles died in 1985.
Reception.
"The Battle Over Citizen Kane" was extremely well received by critics, and nominated for the 1995 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The documentary received some criticism by scholars and critics, including
Hearst and his Hollywood friends ultimately succeeded in pressuring theater chains to limit showings of "Citizen Kane", resulting in only moderate box-office numbers and seriously impairing Welles' future career prospects.
The fight over the film was documented in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, "The Battle Over Citizen Kane", and nearly 60 years later, HBO offered a fictionalized version of Hearst's efforts in its original production "RKO 281" (1999), in which James Cromwell portrays Hearst.
"Citizen Kane"