Citizen Kane [videorecording] /
an RKO Radio Picture ; a Mercury production by Orson Welles ; original screen play, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles ; director-producer, Orson Welles.
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2001.
- 2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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. 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.
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.).
Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann. Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris.
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. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD.
English language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Academy Award, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles)
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Citizen Kane (Motion picture)
Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography--Drama. Newspaper publishing--History--United States--Drama. Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography--Drama. Longs mâetrages--âEtats-Unis.
Feature films. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.