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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 c...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Citizen Kane (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: RKO Radio Pictures, Mercury Productions, inc., Hollywood, Warner Home Video (Firm), WGBH Educational Foundation
Other Authors: Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953, Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994, Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971, Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974, Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965, Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Portugeuse.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2001]
Edition:Standard ed.
Subjects:
Publishers and publishing > United States > Drama.
Newspaper publishing > United States > History > Drama.
Citizen Kane (Motion picture)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Documentary television programs.
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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.
Item Description: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 on the PBS series American experience.
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.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (119 min., 120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital; dual layer; aspect ratio: 1.33:1.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles)
Production Credits:Director of photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; art, Van Nest Polglase ; music, Bernard Herrmann ; costumes, Edward Stevenson.
ISBN:0780635205