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Citizen Kane [videorecording] / an RKO Radio Picture ; a Mercury production by Orson Welles ; original screenplay, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles ; director-producer, Orson Welles.

Contributor(s): Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 | Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953 | Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 | Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971 | RKO Radio Pictures | Mercury Productions | WGBH Educational Foundation.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2001Edition: Two-disc special ed.Description: 2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 9780780635203.Subject(s): Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 | Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 | Citizen Kane (Motion picture) | Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography -- Drama | Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372
Contents:
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.)
Production Credits: Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris.Summary: Citizen Kane: The story of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper tycoon whose life is investigated by a magazine reporter trying to discover the meaning of Kane's dying word: "Rosebud". The battle over Citizen Kane: Examines the lives of William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper magnate, and director/actor, Orson Welles as they clashed over Welles first film: "Citizen Kane". Hearst's reaction upon learning about the film, which portrayed him unfavorably, was to work to suppress it and destroy Welles. Major movie theater chains refused to show "Citizen Kane", and Welles' masterpiece virtually disappeared for almost 25 years. Never again would Orson Welles gain control of a major Hollywood production.
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791.4372 CIT 2001 (Browse shelf) Set of 2 DVDs 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525043

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.

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.)

Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann.

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris.

Citizen Kane: The story of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper tycoon whose life is investigated by a magazine reporter trying to discover the meaning of Kane's dying word: "Rosebud". The battle over Citizen Kane: Examines the lives of William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper magnate, and director/actor, Orson Welles as they clashed over Welles first film: "Citizen Kane". Hearst's reaction upon learning about the film, which portrayed him unfavorably, was to work to suppress it and destroy Welles. Major movie theater chains refused to show "Citizen Kane", and Welles' masterpiece virtually disappeared for almost 25 years. Never again would Orson Welles gain control of a major Hollywood production.

DVD

English language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired