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Bad Luck?

posted 17 years ago by darkorion4600
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After seeing this, it almost seems like his bad luck was too persistant. Every company that backed him always pulled out. William Randolph Hearst once offered $ 800,000 for the destruction of all the films and negatives involved in Citizen Kane, how hurt do you people think he was after it was released? Every time he got close the funding was withdrawn or the in the case of the Merchant of Venice the negatives were stolen, Hollywood never seriously was interested in his work after that. Sounds kinda like a dumb conspiricy theory, but it just seems absurd to think that someone who started out with such a bang and continued to work on his ideas would never complete and release a film for 30 some years.

[–] Hollywoodshack 11 years ago

It's entirely possible Hearst had a contract with his heirs or corporation to ruin Welles and make sure no one financed his films. I would read up on books, documentaries, and cable shows about Welles and Hearst if I were you.

[–] Raxivace 10 years ago

The thing that gets me is that Orson Welles' life sounds like the plot of an Orson Welles film.

A twist like Hearts' descendants still going after the man after all those years wouldn't be too out of place in such a movie...though real life isn't a movie, of course.