Is the movie citizen kane a true story?

Not at all





The story is very loosely based on the life of media tycoon William Randolf Hearst, but VERY loosely.





Basically, Orson Welles used Hearst's life as inspiration for the character, but the story is completely made up.Is the movie citizen kane a true story?
Rosebud!Is the movie citizen kane a true story?
It is fiction based very closely on the life of William Randolph Hearst, the multi-millionaire publisher. At the time, Hearst was very much alive, so they had to fictionalize some parts to keep from the threats of lawsuits. It is said that Hearst, through his lawyers, attempted to buy the film even before it was released, in order to stop the bad publicity. It is a devastating look at megalomania and wealth, remembered today because of the marvelous example of film-making that it was. Truly pioneer use of camera angles and focus in black-and-white film. It is considered one of the best films ever made.





The studio filming the picture was so afraid of Hearst, that the production did not even have a name while it was being produced--only a number, in case the rumors of its subject matter got out and back to Hearst and his attorneys. Hearst had many friends and sycophants in Hollywood, and he soon found out about the film.





After its release, Welles said that he never received a good review for any movie he made in the more-than 100 Hearst newspapers, and many flatly refused to sell or print advertisements for his films.
(from imdb)


Orson Welles always claimed that this picture was not the biography of one specific individual, but a composite of characters from that era in America. Though universally recognized as based on the life of William Randolph Hearst, there were also elements in the story that applied to the life of Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull (1859-1938).





After production wrapped, William Randolph Hearst forbade any advertisement of the film in any of his newspapers - or indeed any other RKO movies - and offered to buy the negative from studio head George Schaefer with a view to destroying it. Fortunately Orson Welles had already previewed the film to influential industry figures to rave reviews, so it was granted a limited theatrical release. Critics from non-Hearst newspapers fell over themselves praising the film. The film itself was not reviewed in any Hearst newspaper until the mid-1970s, when the film critic for the ';Los Angeles Herald-Examiner'; finally reviewed it.
Yes it is based on a true story
Bob says it its, but I say that I would doubt it. And usually if movies are supposed to be based on a true story, they would say so. But when of course they have been known to make more things up in a movie that is supposed to be based on a true story.