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i saw citizen cane, the movie that is considered to be the best film ever made, back in high school. we watched it for a film studies class and i fell in love with it! i've probably watched citizen cane over a dozen times since then. because of my fondness for that film, i was drawn to this one. this is a movie of what happened behind the scenes of citizen cane. the story of how the film came to be and how every studio in town wanted it destroyed is a very interesting one, and it is captured quite well in this film. as a lover of film, i also love to know what goes on behind the scenes of movies, which makes this one so riveting: its the behind the scenes story of the greatest movie every made! in it liev schrieber plays orson wells, the genius director who was the visionary behind citizen cane, and james cromwell as william randolph hearst, the inspiration for cane. it was a rather sorted mess with everyone against wells- many of whom had pretty good reasons, to be honest! as the new 'it' guy in town, wells struggles to find his first big movie that will live up to his hype. inspired by the newspaper magnate hearst, wells decides to use his opportunity to expose the tyrant, to show to the world that the emperor isnt wearing any clothing. its a move that may cost him his career, and the careers of all those around him. its an impressive recreation of the events and an interesting perspective on how and why it went down the way it did. liev does a great job as the over confident wells, and cromwell is fantastic as the self righteous millionaire 'victim' hearst. if you have ever seen citizen cane, definitely search this one out, it will illuminate the classic in a whole new way.