Citizen Kane
(DVD) 

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.): sd., b&w, col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
DVD format.
General Note
Rated PG.
General Note
Title from disc surface.
General Note
Feature film: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941. Documentary: Originally broadcast as part of the PBS series the American experience in 1996.
General Note
Special features: Feature film: interactive menus ; scene selection ; theatrical trailer ; production notes ; filmmaker postscripts and awards data ; two feature-length audio commentaries ; one by Roger Ebert ; the other by Peter Bogdanovich ; 1941 movie premiere newsreel ; gallery of storyboards ; rare photos ; alternative ad campaigns ; studio correspondence ; call sheets, and other memorabilia. Documentary: Welles filmography.
General Note
American Film Institute 100 Greatest American Movies.
Creation/Production Credits
Feature film: Photography, Gregg Toland; editor, Robert Wise; music, Bernard Herrmann. Documentary: Directors of photography, Greg Andracke, Michael Chin; edited by Ken Eluto.
Participants/Performers
Feature film: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane. Documentary ; host and narrator, David McCullough ; narrated by Richard Ben Cramer ; music, Brian Keane.
Participants/Performers
Host and narrator, David McCullough.
Description
Feature film: 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. Documentary: Looks at the lives and careers of Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst, and how Hearst tried to surpress the film Citizen Kane and destroy Welles.
System Details
DVD format; newly remastered picture and sound.
System Details
Dolby digital; feature film: English mono.; documentary: English stereo.
System Details
DVD player required.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Language
Soundtrack in English ; English, French, Spanish and Portugese subtitles available on feature film disc ; English subtitles available on documentary disc.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mankiewicz, H. J. 1., & Comingore, D. (20011941). Citizen Kane (Standard format.). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mankiewicz, Herman J. 1897-1953 and Dorothy Comingore. 20011941. Citizen Kane. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mankiewicz, Herman J. 1897-1953 and Dorothy Comingore. Citizen Kane Warner Home Video, 20011941.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mankiewicz, Herman J. 1897-1953., and Dorothy Comingore. Citizen Kane Standard format., Warner Home Video, 20011941.

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