The Battle Over Citizen Kane
The Battle Over Citizen Kane is a 1996 documentary film about the clash between newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst and actor/ writer/ director Orson Welles over Welles's 1941 motion picture" Citizen Kane", which is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
" The Battle Over Citizen Kane" aired January 29, 1996, as an episode of the Public Broadcast System's" The American Experience" series.
The documentary was narrated by Richard Ben Cramer, who co-wrote the program with Thomas Lennon.
The rights to" The Battle Over Citizen Kane" were acquired by Scott Free productions in 1997 and adapted into a screenplay for the 1999 HBO movie" RKO 281", directed by Benjamin Ross.
281 was the number assigned by RKO studios to identify the production internally.
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer, co-screenwriter, director and star.
The picture was Welles's first feature film.
Nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, it won an Academy Award for Best Writing( Original Screenplay) by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Welles.
Considered by many critics, filmmakers, and fans to be the greatest film ever made," Citizen Kane" was voted as such in five consecutive British Film Institute" Sight& Sound" polls of critics, and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 update.
" Citizen Kane" is particularly praised for Gregg Toland's cinematography, Robert Wise's editing, Bernard Herrmann's music, and its narrative structure, all of which have been considered innovative and precedent- setting.
The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a character based in part upon the American newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, and aspects of the screenwriters' own lives.
Upon its release, Hearst prohibited mention of the film in any of his newspapers.
Kane's career in the publishing world is born of idealistic social service, but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power.
Narrated principally through flashbacks, the story is told through the research of a newsreel reporter seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word:" Rosebud".
After the Broadway successes of Welles's Mercury Theatre and the controversial 1938 radio broadcast" The War of the Worlds" on" The Mercury Theatre on the Air", Welles was courted by Hollywood.
He signed a contract with RKO Pictures in 1939.
Although it was unusual for an untried director, he was given the freedom to develop his own story, to use his own cast and crew, and to have final cut privilege.
Following two abortive attempts to get a project off the ground, he wrote the screenplay for" Citizen Kane", collaborating on the effort with Herman Mankiewicz.
Principal photography took place in 1940 and the film received its American release in 1941.
While a critical success," Citizen Kane" failed to recoup its costs at the box office.
The film faded from view after its release, but was subsequently returned to the public's attention when it was praised by such French critics as André Bazin and given an American revival in 1956.
The film was released on Blu-ray on September 13, 2011, for a special 70 th- anniversary edition.
" Citizen Kane" was an inductee of the 1989 inaugural group of 25 films that established the National Film Registry list.
Beast of Blood (film)
Beast of Blood, released in the UK as Blood Devils, is a 1970 Filipino horror film.
A sequel to" The Mad Doctor of Blood Island", it was directed by Eddie Romero.
It was the fourth in a series of four Filipino horror films, produced by Romero and Kane W. Lynn, known as the" Blood Island" series, which also included" Terror Is a ManBrides of Blood" and" Beast of Blood".
It was also Romero's last film for Lynn's Hemisphere Pictures, as the two went their separate ways after this film was completed.
Rose of the World
Rose of the World may refer to:
Blood Legacy
Blood Legacy( also called Legacy of Blood and Will to Die) is a 1971 horror movie directed by Carl Monson.
Book of Blood
Book of Blood is a 2009 British mystery dramatic erotic horror film directed by John Harrison and starring Jonas Armstrong, Sophie Ward, and Doug Bradley.
It is based on the framing stories" The Book of Blood" and" On Jerusalem Street( A Postscript)" from Clive Barker's" Books of Blood".
The Rose of England (album)
The Rose of England is an album by British singer- songwriter Nick Lowe, released in 1985.
The Rose of Blood
The Rose of Blood is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara.
Based on the story" The Red Rose" by Ryszard Ordynski, the film was written by Bernard McConville.
The Rose of Stamboul (1919 film)
The Rose of Stamboul( German: Die Rose von Stambul) is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Felix Basch and Arthur Wellin and starring Fritzi Massary, Gustav Botz and Ernst Pittschau.
It is based on the 1916 operetta" The Rose of Stamboul.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Stern.
The Rose of Tralee
( The) Rose of Tralee may refer to:

Question: Are The Rose Of Blood and Citizen Kane both from the same country?
Answer: yes