Description |
2 videodiscs (DVD)(4 hrs.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Orignally produced as a motion picture in 1941. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
Contents |
disc 1. Citizen Kane -- disc 2. Documentary: The battle over Citizen Kane (2 hrs.) |
Credits |
Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
Cast |
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane. |
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. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
System Details |
DVD format. |
Language |
Subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. |
Awards |
Academy Award, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles) |
Subject |
DVDs.
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Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1941.
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Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994.
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Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971.
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Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974.
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Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965.
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ISBN |
0780635205 |
Standard No. |
053939656527 |
Music No. |
T6565 Warner Home Video |
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