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'''Citizen Kane''' is a [[liberal]] 1941 movie directed by [[Orson Welles]]. Many critics have named it as the best movie of all time, and it was voted #1 on the American Film Institute's list of the hundred best American movies ever made.<ref>http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx</ref> However, this is due to the film's upholding of liberal [[Hollywood Values]].  
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'''Citizen Kane''' is a 1941 movie directed by [[Orson Welles]]. Many critics have named it as the greatest movie of all time. It was also voted #1 on the American Film Institute's list of the hundred best American movies ever made.<ref>http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx</ref>   
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The protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, a moral, conservative figure, modeled after conservative magnate [[William Randolph Hearst]], ends up defeated and alone, leading many to term the film liberal [[propaganda]].  
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==Plot==
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The protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, is depicted as a power hungry sociopath who ends the film alone in a hell of his own making.
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==Media Backlash==
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Kane was modeled after [[Progressive]] media mogul [[William Randolph Hearst]], who was enraged by the negative portrayal of his mistress, Marion Davies. As a result, he used his influence in order to force RKO Pictures to not release the film in theaters. The career of Orson Welles never recovered from Hearst's campaign.
    
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