Citizen Kane Gets The Drunk History Treatment With Jack Black — cinemablend.com

When Orson Welles made Citizen Kane back in the early 1940s, it was considered one of the most controversial Hollywood movies ever made - though not because of violence, foul language, sex or nudity. Rather it was because the film's fictional central subject, Charles Foster Kane, was loosely though obviously not-so-lovingly based on the life of William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper magnate who also happened to be one of the most powerful and influential people in America. While there were many threats and attempts to shut Welles' movie down, the filmmaker powered through, and now Citizen Kane is considered one of the best, most important features ever made. If you want to get the nitty-gritty details of the whole affair, however, I direct your attention to the drunk, bearded fellow telling the story in the video you see above.

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