“Citizen Kane” Sparks a Hollywood Feud (feat. Jack Black & John Lithgow) - Drunk History

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  • Orson Welles’s classic film “Citizen Kane” was inspired by the life of powerful media baron William Randolph Hearst - but Hearst himself wasn’t very happy about its release.
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  • @brogrammerplus7683
    @brogrammerplus7683 Před 4 lety +880

    "Kane would have seen it, Kane would have seen the film"
    That actually sounded like Jack Black for a second!😂

    • @kourii
      @kourii Před 4 lety +21

      The delivery was also pretty Wellesian. I can picture it
      All the more reason we need a Black Welles biopic

    • @andrewmair7371
      @andrewmair7371 Před 4 lety +3

      It was 😐 😑

  • @MissBlueEyeliner
    @MissBlueEyeliner Před 4 lety +1417

    Oh my god!
    We need an Orson Wells biopic with Jack Black. He’s so perfect for the roll of crazy ass maverick/genius.

    • @natashafigueroa9198
      @natashafigueroa9198 Před 4 lety +13

      Agreed!

    • @tacotoosday42
      @tacotoosday42 Před 4 lety +41

      Basically his Carl Denham from King Kong was Orson

    • @vcello6450
      @vcello6450 Před 4 lety +6

      Totally agree

    • @MissBlueEyeliner
      @MissBlueEyeliner Před 4 lety +5

      I’m 100% going to make the 4 Italian students I have watch Citizen Kane for “host family night” tonight!
      Is it cruel or kind?

    • @azenkwed
      @azenkwed Před 4 lety

      omg, u're fuckin' moron

  • @FoshoTheOne
    @FoshoTheOne Před 4 lety +1241

    Jack Black is an amazing silent actor 😂 hilarious

    • @Zarala2010
      @Zarala2010 Před 4 lety +26

      What do you mean silent actor I heard every single word he said. :)

    • @marquis911
      @marquis911 Před 4 lety +11

      He was a great Elvis.

    • @arkboy3
      @arkboy3 Před 4 lety +5

      There's something to be said about that...

    • @riparianlife97701
      @riparianlife97701 Před 4 lety +17

      He definitely acts with his face like Belushi and Jim Carrey.

    • @acerumble4991
      @acerumble4991 Před 4 lety +5

      He is a national treasure

  • @brogrammerplus7683
    @brogrammerplus7683 Před 4 lety +457

    That Jack Black and white is so good.

    • @khrashingphantom9632
      @khrashingphantom9632 Před 4 lety +5

      BROgrammer plus It would be cool to see him work with Jack White.

    • @basedchimera5859
      @basedchimera5859 Před 4 lety +3

      @@khrashingphantom9632 in black and white

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 Před 3 lety

      They should make a show called Jack Black And White. Featuring Jack Black and Jack White. Shot in Black And White.
      Or Blackjack With Jack Black

    • @bongso4163
      @bongso4163 Před 3 lety

      Its kungfu fighting

  • @billslocum9819
    @billslocum9819 Před 4 lety +58

    I love how lost Lithgow looks when he's waiting for the drunk narrator to give him his next line. This is well-done.

  • @MrGamerTH
    @MrGamerTH Před 4 lety +360

    great to see the underdog youtuber Jablinski winning movie awards

    • @jackhenry1899
      @jackhenry1899 Před 4 lety +6

      Jablinski GAAHAAAAAYEHMES

    • @CorbCorbin
      @CorbCorbin Před 4 lety +8

      Sorry, no games this week

    • @MrGamerTH
      @MrGamerTH Před 4 lety +3

      Catch you on the Flip flop see you next weeeeaaaueeeaaeeek

    • @calebclunie4001
      @calebclunie4001 Před 4 lety +3

      Health Tiiiip!!!
      Always, pass the fast gas, when in an elevator with uptight power-mongering media moguls, then say "Hot off the presses.
      Let's see what's on page 2." Pffft Brap Brap Squeeeeeek! "Oooooh. It's the weekend: extended edition".

  • @LS-dp2gs
    @LS-dp2gs Před 4 lety +94

    The guide on a tour of Hearst Castle actually said that Orson Wells and Citizen Kane were and still are taboo subjects on the property.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 4 lety +29

      It was humiliating for Hearst. Rosebud is the pet name he had for Miriam's privates.

    • @LS-dp2gs
      @LS-dp2gs Před 4 lety +13

      Sheila Blische lol really? How come they don’t mention that on a tour? That’s funny.

  • @acrophobe
    @acrophobe Před 3 lety +32

    Can we dwell on how amazing the production value is in this segment though? The faux period footage of Hearst is superbly done, Lithgow and Jack Black are perfectly cast (and I would argue could have been cast in these roles in Mank), the cinematography is crisp as the dickens and the dynamic theatrical lighting for some of the scene transitions is an excellent imitation of the technique used in Citizen Kane.

  • @mrcaptaincarlin
    @mrcaptaincarlin Před 4 lety +138

    i actually applauded when they did the first transition in the style of citizen kane

  • @april_collins
    @april_collins Před 4 lety +202

    The lipsynch is on point! Good job guys

  • @arkoisagoodboy
    @arkoisagoodboy Před 4 lety +62

    John Lithgow is a treasure. One moment he's doing lowbrow comedy, another he's in award-winning drama. And then he's on Comedy Central outclassing their awfulness

  • @4.0.4error2
    @4.0.4error2 Před 4 lety +69

    Yall should get jack black back. He is so expressive it's amazing

  • @lilly_s99432
    @lilly_s99432 Před 4 lety +24

    "the movie that no one will let you see" sounds like world's first clickbait, except without clicking

  • @lucypeterson2231
    @lucypeterson2231 Před 3 lety +12

    This new David Fincher film looks amazing

  • @Winteramen
    @Winteramen Před 4 lety +317

    first learned of Orson Welles from The Simpsons, therefore never seen his real picture. i googled him and jesus, Jack Black looks just like him

    • @CocoOPNY
      @CocoOPNY Před 4 lety +9

      You HAVE to watch this movie. Sooo good. Rosebud!

    • @NatalieBoat111
      @NatalieBoat111 Před 4 lety +5

      mountain boy watch it! It’s a beautiful film

    • @gregorsamsa2271
      @gregorsamsa2271 Před 4 lety +6

      Watch Citizen Kane - it's fantastic!

    • @rontia
      @rontia Před 4 lety +7

      Watch him try to film that Paul mason commercial drunk as shit it is hilarious. Also you have probably heard it referenced before it is pretty popular clip

    • @GingerTurquoise
      @GingerTurquoise Před 4 lety

      He also looks exactly like a young Paul Revere

  • @jakeinator722
    @jakeinator722 Před 4 lety +232

    That black and white is so good. We need more of that in today's movies.

    • @stereoroid
      @stereoroid Před 4 lety +41

      They're using all these Orson Welles techniques: dramatic lighting, split screen, deep focus, montages. Hats off to the videographer!

    • @comically
      @comically Před 4 lety +2

      Jack Black you mean? 😜

    • @DMO-DMO-DMO
      @DMO-DMO-DMO Před 4 lety +3

      Yes! It's filmed a lot like parts of Citizen Kane!

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow Před 4 lety +1

      Watch Frances Ha.

    • @LARRYIsRealForeverWi
      @LARRYIsRealForeverWi Před 4 lety +3

      jakeinator722 watch Roma

  • @kashiichan
    @kashiichan Před 2 lety +11

    Jack Black is amazing, but so is John Lithgow. The part at 3:40 made me laugh so hard I cried.

  • @futilewilly
    @futilewilly Před 4 lety +39

    Is it just me or does Jack Black look like a thick Leonardo DiCaprio in the thumbnail?

    • @augustgirl
      @augustgirl Před 4 lety +2

      Absolutely!!!! I kept seeing it.

    • @VerisimilitudeFilms1
      @VerisimilitudeFilms1 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes he absolutely does. And I can vouche for that comparison, I've had people tell me I look like all three actors.

    • @danijelujcic8644
      @danijelujcic8644 Před 3 lety

      Leo looked like Jack in the pool scene from Once upon a time in Hollywood when he yelled "WTF"

  • @ryancbarrett96
    @ryancbarrett96 Před 4 lety +31

    I think an interesting tidbit to add would have been that the studio actually did not green light his first picture. He wanted to make a movie based on the novel "Heart of Darkness" but was denied because the studio was worried about it going over budget. That script eventually got re-written to become Apocalypse Now by the great Stanley Kubric.

    • @robertpiwonski1215
      @robertpiwonski1215 Před 4 lety +15

      Is this a troll post or is this for real and you mistook Francis Ford Coppola for Kubrick?

    • @jacobjones5269
      @jacobjones5269 Před 3 lety +2

      Francis Ford Coppola..

    • @dickhartzell6261
      @dickhartzell6261 Před 3 lety +2

      Not only did Francis Ford Coppola make "Apocalypse Now" (as Robert Piwonski and Jacob Jones have already mentioned), but Kubrick's last name is spelled with two "k"s, not one.

  • @elizabeth6154
    @elizabeth6154 Před 4 lety +17

    1:11 Derek Waters IS Peter Sellers AS Herman Mankiewicz... and I love it. 😂

  • @TCasey
    @TCasey Před 4 lety +6

    Jack Black needs to portray Orson Welles in a full feature biopic. Awesome!

  • @Lady162
    @Lady162 Před 4 lety +19

    Somewhere, in an alternative universe, there's a feature film version of this. That universe is happier than this one.

    • @AnhadS
      @AnhadS Před 3 lety +3

      There is now! It's called Mank

  • @federom2012
    @federom2012 Před 4 lety +30

    Really nice touch to film the historical part in the style of Citizen Kane

  • @livg6219
    @livg6219 Před 4 lety +62

    I wrote a historical analysis paper on Citizen Kane a few months ago:) It was so cool to see this, Jack Black is brilliant as Welles

  • @vicjames3256
    @vicjames3256 Před 4 lety +12

    At 5yo he had my adoration as Unicron. At 15 he gained my respect as Kane.

  • @forthesakeofhumanitypuhlee6296

    I would love to see Drunk History bloopers

  • @corygene3182
    @corygene3182 Před 4 lety +27

    Ends with " and he voiced a transformer"

    • @AisuruMirai
      @AisuruMirai Před 4 lety +13

      "Aaaaaand he also did the voice in the Transformers movie."
      He's referring to the animated feature from 1986, in which Orson Welles voiced Unicron*, a universe-devouring being that charges Megatron/Galvatron with the destruction of the Matrix.
      *No, I did not misspell "unicorn."

  • @LuckyBird551
    @LuckyBird551 Před 4 lety +8

    Man, Jack Black totally kills it when he is in one of these.
    Also, they get John Lithgow too? Amazing.

  • @epie6
    @epie6 Před 4 lety +24

    Jack Black was so good.. reminded me of his role in King Kong

  • @kevinbeattie7297
    @kevinbeattie7297 Před 4 lety +52

    This might just be your masterpiece.

  • @CorndogMaker
    @CorndogMaker Před 4 lety +40

    He's drinking freaking whiskey like it's koolaid jeez!

  • @cassidyleonards2411
    @cassidyleonards2411 Před 4 lety +10

    Jack Black as Orson Welles is brilliant! He looks just like him. Holy crap.

  • @blindspotspotter.2352
    @blindspotspotter.2352 Před 4 lety +4

    As a child of the 70s, I remember Hurst for the diligence Patty had with the PLO more so than Citizen Kain.

  • @TheSonofIapetus
    @TheSonofIapetus Před 4 lety +13

    When I look at Orson Welles with beer goggles I do see Jack Black.

  • @emilyhopeful
    @emilyhopeful Před 4 lety +33

    Omg...I have even *more* respect for John Lithgow for doing this.

  • @AudreyEKim
    @AudreyEKim Před 4 lety +214

    Drunk History request: Mueller report

  • @Despamifier
    @Despamifier Před 4 lety +19

    I feel like Jack Black's acting here was kinda underrated.

  • @jodavey
    @jodavey Před 4 lety +6

    I have Watched "Citizen Kane". I didn't feel like I just watched the greatest movie ever. I get that it was ahead of its time for the time period.

  • @justinmontana3710
    @justinmontana3710 Před 4 lety +10

    I gotta say, Steve Berg does a damn good Orson Welles impression

  • @elgalloprieto
    @elgalloprieto Před 4 lety +6

    Jack's resemblance to Orson is eerily uncanny

  • @hfredydl
    @hfredydl Před 4 lety +8

    Hell yeah, Welles was the voice of Unicron!!!!

  • @happyfrancis
    @happyfrancis Před 4 lety +6

    I would be all over this as a movie. Lithgow as Hearst JB as Welles - wow.

  • @davis0730
    @davis0730 Před 4 lety +8

    I need Jack Black playing Orson Welle's like yesterday

  • @FrEbirdFlyingg
    @FrEbirdFlyingg Před 4 lety +2

    The way this was shot is fantastic! The black and white is entertaining and the lighting is really good. I especially enjoyed the cut away recap.

  • @MachiavellisThePrince
    @MachiavellisThePrince Před 4 lety +22

    Herman Mankiewicz (in here) looks like Peter Sellers.

  • @KaneB.
    @KaneB. Před 4 lety +6

    "Kane Would've Seen The Film." Yes i Would've.

  • @baroquejen
    @baroquejen Před 4 lety +3

    Cinematography is out of this world here

  • @nolavallih1623
    @nolavallih1623 Před 4 lety +4

    I lost it at that laugh :]

  • @collybeans586
    @collybeans586 Před 4 lety +9

    John Lithgow is one of the great actors alive!

  • @hiromancer
    @hiromancer Před 4 lety +5

    When i first saw Citizen Kane i was confused. I thought, Rupert Murdoch was a teenager at that time, how could Orson Wells possibly know what he would become ;)

  • @jessicahubbard4634
    @jessicahubbard4634 Před 4 lety +4

    By far the best one I've seen... please give us more of Steve Berg!

  • @broadwaybabywmh
    @broadwaybabywmh Před 3 lety +10

    Anybody here after watching “Mank” on Netflix???

    • @karlkarlos3545
      @karlkarlos3545 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah, and I still think this the superor movie.

    • @dickhartzell6261
      @dickhartzell6261 Před 3 lety +1

      Quite a disappointment. I've read that director David Fincher went to great lengths to have the look of the movie mimic that of those shot when "Kane" was made (including filming in black and white and adding so-called cigarette burns during the "reel changes"), but from the moment you notice the movie's been shot in the widescreen 2.20 : 1 format that didn't exist when the original "Kane" was made you realize Fincher's enthusiasm for visual authenticity is just a gimmick. The only interesting thing you learn is that Mankiewicz hung out at Hearst's estate, was friends with Hearst's girlfriend, Marion Davies, and that another Hearst friend was MGM head Louis B. Mayer. All the more remarkable that Hearst, Mayer & Co. were unable to buy "Kane" from RKO and destroy it.

  • @mhr2967
    @mhr2967 Před 4 lety +2

    The voice, the acting , perfect symbiosis! - this is sooo good!

  • @TheWorldLuvsABastard
    @TheWorldLuvsABastard Před 4 lety +3

    This was awesome! Good cast.

  • @thedigitalodometer945
    @thedigitalodometer945 Před 2 lety +1

    I would’ve loved to see Derek Waters play Herman Mankiewicz in “Mank.”

  • @soundvillxge1194
    @soundvillxge1194 Před 4 lety +17

    jack basically played his character from king kong in this

  • @Schmideel
    @Schmideel Před 3 lety +1

    Just got this recommended after watching Mank. Genius.

  • @rando3393
    @rando3393 Před 4 lety +31

    Did they purposely give this guy all words with a "s"?

    • @fancynancy074
      @fancynancy074 Před 3 lety +1

      I hate reading these kinds of comments because I immediately hone in on EVERY. SINGLE. S. from here on out lol

  • @sator_project
    @sator_project Před 4 lety +4

    Jack Black is a powerhouse talent in this. His lip syncing chops are scary.

  • @khadishab2745
    @khadishab2745 Před 3 lety +2

    This was the most entertaining drunk history I ever saw.

  • @booksteer7057
    @booksteer7057 Před 3 lety +1

    The flashback scenes looked beautiful. Really well directed.

  • @jimjimmyjames59
    @jimjimmyjames59 Před 3 lety

    The way Jack Black fills a moment!!! Wonderful!
    So...who's the hot, drunk, ginger bear? ...Grrrr....

  • @pabloperezmartin1906
    @pabloperezmartin1906 Před 3 lety +1

    This 5 minutes piece is actually better than Fincher's Mank. The storytelling, the light, the composition... I'm not even kidding

  • @dragoninthewest1
    @dragoninthewest1 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Jack Black is slowly turning into Orson Welles, IRL.

  • @realchestro2986
    @realchestro2986 Před 4 lety +3

    The production is just crazy 😂

  • @khrashingphantom9632
    @khrashingphantom9632 Před 4 lety +6

    Is it weird that even though the narrator is speaking I hear Jack Black's voice when I see Jack Black talk?

  • @BatmanPops
    @BatmanPops Před 4 lety +12

    Who else can't wait for season 4 of Preacher to kickoff 😃

  • @meghna_singh
    @meghna_singh Před 4 lety +2

    I can't even make out what it's about and I laughing as

  • @black76561
    @black76561 Před 4 lety

    Clicked straight away.. this is a gem

  • @a.m.5183
    @a.m.5183 Před 3 lety +2

    In reality Orson Welles never wrote a single word for the citizen Kane screen play , Herman mankiwiesz wrote it all by him self

    • @misterk7931
      @misterk7931 Před 3 lety

      False. Assuming you recently saw Mank, that's only half the facts. Mank wrote a version. Welles wrote a version. At the end Wells wrote a final draft which gave so much character to the main character of Kane and made it presentable as a film. The rumor that Welles didn't write a single word was due to Pauline Kale a journalist who had an agenda against Welles and was discredited by almost everyone who had done proper research.

  • @karilari8057
    @karilari8057 Před 4 lety +4

    Jack Black did perfectly with this

  • @renatacantore-gross8842

    Fantastic !!!

  • @samanthabennett-medievh5328

    “Juicy tidbits”

  • @lilyjay2118
    @lilyjay2118 Před rokem

    “Having champy” 😂

  • @tapeify
    @tapeify Před 2 lety +2

    Came here after watching Mank.
    Honestly, this video does a better job at showing the struggles and shortcomings, that went into making Citizen Kane, as well as honours the legacy of the classic.
    Also, #JablinskiForOrsonWellesBiopic.

  • @jazzy_jaymond
    @jazzy_jaymond Před 4 lety +6

    I love how comedy central is bringing CZcamsrs on here! First Gus Johnson and now Jablinski Games?! Incredible

  • @Palidor19
    @Palidor19 Před rokem +1

    You just can see that any actor that does DH is just having a real blast performing in it.

  • @joshwhalen17
    @joshwhalen17 Před 3 lety +3

    Fun fact: Hearst's great granddaughter Lydia Hearst-Shaw is married to Talking Dead and @Midnight host Chris Hardwick.

  • @gunungmerapiapi1933
    @gunungmerapiapi1933 Před 4 lety +5

    1:35 WAS THAT A “LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD“ REFERENCE!?

  • @zaraanderson3838
    @zaraanderson3838 Před 3 lety

    anyone else notice the freemason handshake at 1.06 when orson meets the hollywood guy? nice touch

  • @hellozup
    @hellozup Před 4 lety +1

    Wow the actors fit really well with the narration and the style of the story

  • @DaelinD
    @DaelinD Před 4 lety +1

    I feel like Jack Black was born to do this. His expressions, his mannerisms, his total understanding of the character... simply amazing. What I'm saying is, Jack, be in all the movies from now on, and also don't say another fucking word. Have a voice-over do all your lines, and the Academy will come a-knocking. Steve Berg knows: 0:50.

  • @fryncyaryorvjink2140
    @fryncyaryorvjink2140 Před 6 měsíci

    The story teller even yelled "Kane would have seen it! " in Jack blacks voice

  • @528491Inception
    @528491Inception Před 3 lety +2

    Who ever directed this, if you're reading this, I want to congratulate you on the pan with the wide angle lens at 1:44.
    Someone noticed ;)

  • @TheCable2380
    @TheCable2380 Před 4 lety +2

    3:40 those parts are my favorite

  • @robertglass3944
    @robertglass3944 Před 4 lety +3

    Best Drunk History ever! Perfectly cast and directed!
    As the "Citizen Kane" episode should be. Every film school in the country covers the film and holds in in the highest of regards.
    If you haven't seen it, you really owe it to yourself. If you consider yourself a true film buff, it's essential viewing.
    Not just my opinion, but fact. It is as close to filmmaking perfection as it is possible to get.

  • @tonymuratori5896
    @tonymuratori5896 Před 2 lety

    Jack has the best eyebrow expressions!

  • @rogerkincaid931
    @rogerkincaid931 Před 3 lety

    Best reenactment.

  • @egregious3666
    @egregious3666 Před 4 lety +5

    Jack Black and John Lithgow!

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow Před 4 lety

      Together again for the first time since Orange County?

  • @JackOfNone97
    @JackOfNone97 Před 4 lety +3

    Jack Black really does look like Orson Welles

  • @sinahpr
    @sinahpr Před 4 lety +1

    3:43 absolute perfection

  • @dustytheloneranger
    @dustytheloneranger Před 4 lety +3

    Derek is attractive in this sketch. So dapper

  • @Davidonspecialk1
    @Davidonspecialk1 Před 4 lety +2

    I wish the had planets bouncing around after every scene John Lithgow did

  • @silvarace
    @silvarace Před 4 lety +5

    Take this episode, make a movie out of it. Re use the casting, itll be beautiful

  • @carlpeng2580
    @carlpeng2580 Před 4 lety

    4:49 Ah, *that* iconic neck chop.

  • @keithanderson4433
    @keithanderson4433 Před 3 lety

    Excited for David Fincher's movie about Mankiewicz.

  • @shlamimk4664
    @shlamimk4664 Před 3 lety

    I NEED to see that movie!

  • @yuplusjin
    @yuplusjin Před rokem

    3:43 lolll

  • @jessicasmith7102
    @jessicasmith7102 Před 4 lety +1

    Yep, that's how it was explained to me as a child, more or less 🍸🍹🍷🥤 were involved. Hearst Castle has the MOST beautiful swimming pools and antiques I have ever seen. I absolutely love giraffes, elephants, sloths, and meerkats...Pandas are okay, and have definitely depreciated in my perception. THANKS so much AGAIN for nothing and nobody. 🍾CHEERS🍻

  • @roxyguts23
    @roxyguts23 Před 4 lety +6

    Jack Black obviously good but when I saw Welles the first time I thought of Vince Vaughn