Citizen Kane /

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, Warner Home Video (Firm)
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, Toland, Gregg, Wise, Robert, 1914-2005, Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed captioned. In English with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Published:	[United States] : Warner Home Video, [2001]
Edition:	Two-disc special ed.
Subjects:	Feature films. Publishers and publishing > United States > Drama. Newspaper publishing > United States > History > Drama. Citizen Kane (Motion picture) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. 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. "Standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of their original theatrical/television exhibitions"--Container. Dual-layer format (disc 1). 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 Welles and Hearst. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (119 min., 120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Dolby digital, mono. (feature) and stereo. (documentary).
Awards:	Academy Award, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles)
Production Credits:	Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
ISBN:	0780635205