| Description |
2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
English language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris. |
| Credits |
Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
| Note |
Citizen Kane originally produced as a motion picture in 1941 ; The battle over Citizen Kane originally produced for television broadcast in 1996 by WGBH Educational Foundation. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Summary |
An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominent publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Citizen Kane (119 min.) -- disc 2. The battle over Citizen Kane / produced & directed by Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein ; written by Thomas Lennon & Richard Ben Cramer (2 hrs.). |
| Awards |
Academy Award, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles) |
| Note |
Special features: [Disc 1] Two full-length audio commentaries, one by Peter Bogdonovich and the other by Roger Ebert ; 1941 movie premiere newsreel ; gallery of storyboards, rare photos, alternate ad campaigns, studio and personal correspondence, call sheets and other memorabilia ; original theatrical trailer. [Disc 2] Welles filmography. |
| Subject |
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.
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Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- Drama.
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Citizen Kane (Motion picture)
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
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Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994
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Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971.
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Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974.
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Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
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Lennon, Thomas, 1970-
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Epstein, Michael.
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Cramer, Richard Ben, 1950-2013.
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RKO Radio Pictures, inc.
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Mercury Productions.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Battle over Citizen Kane.
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| ISBN |
0780635205 |
| Standard No. |
053939656527 |
| Music No. |
T6565 Warner Home Video |
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