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Citizen Kane

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Citizen Kane (1941)

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Runtime: 2 hrs 24 mins

Synopsis: CITIZEN KANE is Orson Welles's greatest achievement--and a landmark of cinema history. The story charts the rise and fall of a newspaper publisher whose wealth and power ultimately isolates him in his castle-like refuge. The film's protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, was based on a... CITIZEN KANE is Orson Welles's greatest achievement--and a landmark of cinema history. The story charts the rise and fall of a newspaper publisher whose wealth and power ultimately isolates him in his castle-like refuge. The film's protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, was based on a composite of Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst--so much so that Hearst tried to have the film suppressed. Every aspect of the production marked an advance in film language: the deep focus and deeply shadowed cinematography (from Gregg Toland); the discontinuous narrative, relying heavily on flashbacks and newsreel footage (propelled by a script largely written by Herman L. Mankiewicz); the innovative use of sound and score (sound by Bailey Fesler and James G. Stewart, music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann); and the ensemble acting forged in the fires of Welles's Mercury Theatre (featuring the film debuts of, among others, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, and Agnes Moorehead). Every moment of the film, every shot, has been choreographed to perfection. The film is essential viewing, quite possibly the greatest film ever made and, along with THE BIRTH OF A NATION, certainly the most influential. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore

Director: Orson Welles
Screenwriter: Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Producer: Orson Welles
Composer: Bernard Herrmann

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 19, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Disc One: CITIZEN KANE
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Roger Ebert - Film Critic
  • 2. Peter Bogdanovich - Biographer
  • Additional Footage - 1. 1941 World Premiere Newsreel
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Storyboards
  • Publicity
  • Stills/Photos - 1. Gallery of Rare Photos, Correspondence, etc.
  • Disc Two: Supplementary Material

Additional Release Material:

  • Documentary - 1. THE BATTLE OVER CITIZEN KANE
  • Production Interviews - 1. Orson Welles - Director
  • 2. Cast & Crew
  • Additional Footage - 1. Rare Footage from Hearst's San Simeon Estate and Welles' Historic "War of the Worlds" Broadcast

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - 1. Orson Welles - Director
  • 2. William Randolph Hearst - Subject
  • Disc 3: RKO 281 - THE BATTLE OVER "CITIZEN KANE"
  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Pan & Scan - 1.33
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround - English
  • Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - Cast & Crew

Additional Products:

  • Free Poster Offer: Original Theatrical One-Sheet Movie Poster (27"x40") Quantities are limited.
  • Senitype Image from the Movie
  • 35mm Film Frame
  • Book:16 Page Commemorative Booklet

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