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In his mansion house in the middle of his sprawling Florida estate, newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane utters 'Rosebud', his last word before dying. No one has the first clue as to the meaning of the word and so reporter, Jerry Thompson, is assigned the task of finding out the meaning of the word. Thompson interviews Foster's friends, family and work colleagues to discover the truth...Product Identifiers
ProducerOrson Welles
EAN5050582012552
eBay Product ID (ePID)3942017
Product Key Features
ActorEdith Evanson, Paul Stewart, Alan Ladd, Louise Currie, Harry Shannon, Dorothy Comingore, Milton Kibbee, Herbert Corthell, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Gino Corrado, George Coulouris, William Alland, Benny Rubin, Agnes Moorehead, Georgia Backus, Arthur O'connell, Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten, Charles Bennett, Fortunio Bonanova, Everett Sloane, Ruth Warrick, Edmund Cobb, Walter Sande, Orson Welles
Film/TV TitleCitizen Kane
DirectorOrson Welles
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time115 Mins
Aspect Ratio4:3 Full Frame
Release Year2003
FormatDVD
FeaturesBlack & White, Special Edition\Audio Commentary By Film Historian Ken Barnes\Anatomy Of A Classic Presented By Barry Norman\Welles Off Screen The War Of The World The Happy Prince\What Kane Cost\Photo Gallery\Cast And Crew Profiles\Theatrical Trailer\Restoration Comparison, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificateU
ComposerBernard Herrmann
Production DesignerPerry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase
Additional InformationCITIZEN 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.
ScreenwriterHerman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
Special EffectsVernon L. Walker
Costume DesignerEdward Stevenson
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorMark Robson, Robert Wise
Movie/TV TitleCitizen Kane
Director of PhotographyGregg Toland