Citizen Kane
(Movies) 

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941.

Full screen 1.33:1.

Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich; optional audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert; RKO/Pathe News newsreel footage from the New York premiere of the film (1 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.); storyboard gallery; call sheet gallery; still gallery of memorable moments from the film & candid on-set photography; reconstructions of deleted scenes; advertising art gallery; excerpts from the souvenir program given to opening-night audiences at the New York and Los Angeles premieres; photographs from & correspondence concerning the New York premiere of the film; 4-part production notes ("In the beginning", "On the set", "Postscripts", "Awards and honors")

Photography, Gregg Toland ; editing, Robert Wise ; music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; costumes, Edward Stevenson.

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Sonny Bupp, Buddy Swan.

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.

MPAA rating: PG.

Also issued on VHS.

DVD, region 1, dual layer (disc 1), standard version; Dolby digital mono., Dolby digital stereo.

"For private home use in the USA and Canada only"--Container

In English with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish; Closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Mankiewicz, Welles)

National Film Preservation Board, 1989: Selection to National Film Registry.