Citizen Kane: Special Edition (2 Disc Set)
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- Released
- 22/07/2003
- DVD Region
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2 (UK, Western Europe, Japan)
Also plays on multi-region DVD players
What region is right for me? - Film and TV Genre
- Drama, General
- Video Format
- PAL
Description
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 castlelike 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.
Plot Synopsis
In his mansion house in the middle of his sprawling Florida estate, newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane utters 'Rosebud', his last word before dying. No one has the first clue as to the meaning of the word and so reporter, Jerry Thompson, is assigned the task of finding out the meaning of the word. Thompson interviews Foster's friends, family and work colleagues to discover the truth...
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Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital - English
- Dolby Digital - English, Russian
- English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital
- English Dolby Digital
- Dolby Digital English
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.33:1
- 4:3 Full Frame
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Run Time (minutes)
- 115
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Language
- English
- Film Rating (Australia)
- G
- Disc Features
- Featurette
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Anatomy Of A Classic Presented By Barry Norman
- Audio Commentary By Film Historian Ken Barnes
- Cast And Crew Profiles
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- Film Rating (UK)
- U
- Year of release
- 1941
- Tags
- Subtitle Language
- English
- Cast & Crew
- Bernard Herrmann (Composer)
- Edward Stevenson (Costume Designer)
- Gregg Toland (Director of Photography)
- Mark Robson (Editor)
- Robert Wise (Editor)
- Orson Welles (Producer)
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