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Orson Welles:
We need to change the name. Herman Mankiewicz:
What? The title? Orson Welles:
No, no. It's a grand title, "American". I was thinking more the character name. Charles Foster Craig doesn't have the "knives-out" poetry I was looking for. Herman Mankiewicz:
Okay. Orson Welles:
I was thinking of Kane. Herman Mankiewicz:
As in Abel? Orson Welles:
K-A-N-E. One strong syllable, Kane. Herman Mankiewicz:
Craig is one syllable. Orson Welles:
Yes... But it's not a great syllable
We need to change the name. Herman Mankiewicz:
What? The title? Orson Welles:
No, no. It's a grand title, "American". I was thinking more the character name. Charles Foster Craig doesn't have the "knives-out" poetry I was looking for. Herman Mankiewicz:
Okay. Orson Welles:
I was thinking of Kane. Herman Mankiewicz:
As in Abel? Orson Welles:
K-A-N-E. One strong syllable, Kane. Herman Mankiewicz:
Craig is one syllable. Orson Welles:
Yes... But it's not a great syllable
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we need to change the name Wha what
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The title No no it's a grand title
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American I was thinking more the character name
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Charles Foster Craig doesn't
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have the knives out poetry I was looking for Okay
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I was thinking of Kane
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As in Abel
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K A N E
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One strong syllable Kane
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Craig is one syllable
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Yes but it's not a great syllable
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Movie Summary
Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane (1941), despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
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Orson Welles
Herman Mankiewicz
