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American experience (Television program)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
2 videodiscs (119 min., 120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
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.)
an RKO Radio Picture ; a Mercury production by Orson Welles ; original screen play, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles ; director-producer, Orson Welles.
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.
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford.
DVD; Dolby digital; dual layer; aspect ratio: 1.33:1.
English soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Portugeuse.
Director of photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; art, Van Nest Polglase ; music, Bernard Herrmann ; costumes, Edward Stevenson.
Academy Awards, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles)