| Edition |
Two-disc special ed. |
| Description |
2 DVDs (119 min., 120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
| Note |
Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: Sept. 25, 2001. |
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Orignally produced as a motion picture in 1941. |
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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.] interviews with Orson Welles, the stars of the movie and other associates of Welles and Hearst; biographical portraits of Wellesand Hearst. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Citizen Kane -- disc 2. Documentary: The battle over Citizen Kane (2 hrs.). |
| Credits |
Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane. |
| 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. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Form |
Also issued on VHS. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles) |
| Language |
Subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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, 1900-1974.
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Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965.
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Toland, Gregg.
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Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
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RKO Radio Pictures.
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Mercury Productions.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780635205 |
| Standard No. |
053939656527 |
| Music No. |
T6565 Warner Home Video |
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