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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane (1941)

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Product Details: Citizen Kane (1941)

Edition:
DVD Gold Edition Box Set; Includes RKO 281. See other editions
MPAA Rating:
NR
Release Date:
11/19/2002
UPC:
663286201525
Directed by:
Orson Welles
Featuring:
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore. See all cast

Synopsis: Citizen Kane (1941)

Synopis: CITIZEN KANE is Orson Welles's greatest achievement--and a landmark of cinema history. The story charts the rise and fall of a newspaper publisher whose wealth and power ultimately isolates him in his castlelike refuge. The film's protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, was based on a composite of Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst--so much so that Hearst tried to have the film suppressed. Every aspect of the production marked an advance in film language: the deep focus and deeply shadowed cinematography (from Gregg Toland); the discontinuous narrative, relying heavily on flashbacks and newsreel footage (propelled by a script largely written by Herman L. Mankiewicz); the innovative use of sound and score (sound by Bailey Fesler and James G. Stewart, music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann); and the ensemble acting forged in the fires of Welles's Mercury Theatre (featuring the film debuts of, among others, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, and Agnes Moorehead). Every moment of the film, every shot, has been choreographed to perfection. The film is essential viewing, quite possibly the greatest film ever made and, along with THE BIRTH OF A NATION, certainly the most influential.

Features: Citizen Kane (1941)

Features: DVD Features:

Region 1
Disc One: CITIZEN KANE
Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Roger Ebert - Film Critic
2. Peter Bogdanovich - Biographer
Additional Footage - 1. 1941 World Premiere Newsreel
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Storyboards
Publicity
Stills/Photos - 1. Gallery of Rare Photos, Correspondence, etc.

Disc Two: Supplementary Material
Additional Release Material:
Documentary - 1. THE BATTLE OVER CITIZEN KANE
Production Interviews - 1. Orson Welles - Director
2. Cast & Crew
Additional Footage - 1. Rare Footage from Hearst's San Simeon Estate and Welles' Historic "War of the Worlds" Broadcast
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies - 1. Orson Welles - Director
2. William Randolph Hearst - Subject

Disc 3: RKO 281 - THE BATTLE OVER "CITIZEN KANE"

Region 1
Snap Case
Pan & Scan - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies - Cast & Crew
Additional Products:
Free Poster Offer: Original Theatrical One-Sheet Movie Poster (27"x40") Quantities are limited.
Senitype Image from the Movie
35mm Film Frame
Book:16 Page Commemorative Booklet

Awards: Citizen Kane (1941)

Academy Awards
 
Best Original Screenplay:
Orson Welles
Best Original Screenplay:
Herman J. Mankiewicz

User Reviews: Citizen Kane

  1. Citizen Kane

    , April 6, 2007
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    , August 3, 2006
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