Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz in Citizen Kane (1941)
They both deserve the credit and rightly shared the Oscar
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Poll: Who Wrote 'Citizen Kane'?
The classic film 'Citizen Kane' officially credits Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles for the Oscar-winning original screenplay. However, both Mankiewicz and Welles have claimed the script was primarily a product of their own creation. The controversial script in its day was considered the greatest movie script ever written and today still ranks fourth on the 101 greatest screenplay list by the Writers Guild of America. The heated debate over 'Citizen Kane's true authorship has raged for almost eighty years and is the subject of David Fincher's latest film, 'Mank'.
Who do you think really deserves the credit for writing 'Citizen Kane'?
Results of 248 votes:
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Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941)
Orson Welles alone deserves the credit -
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Herman J. Mankiewicz
Herman J. Mankiewicz alone deserves the credit -
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Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)
I don't care who wrote it, the movie is the biggest winner here -
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Gary Oldman, Arliss Howard, Ferdinand Kingsley, and Tuppence Middleton in Mank (2020)
Whatever! I don't like it anyways
