| Description |
2 videodiscs (DVD)(119 min., 113 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Citizen Kane (119 min.) -- disc 2. The battle over Citizen Kane / produced & directed by Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein ; written by Thomas Lennon & Richard Ben Cramer (2 hrs.) |
| 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. Prominent publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. DVD |
| Notes |
Citizen Kane originally produced as a motion picture in 1941 ; The battle over Citizen Kane originally produced for television broadcast in 1996 by WGBH Educational Foundation |
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Special features: [Disc 1] Two full-length audio commentaries, one by Peter Bogdonovich and the other by Roger Ebert ; 1941 movie premiere newsreel ; gallery of storyboards, rare photos, alternate ad campaigns, studio and personal correspondence, call sheets and other memorabilia ; original theatrical trailer. [Disc 2] Welles filmography |
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"T6565" |
| Credits |
Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris |
| Notes |
MPAA rating: PG |
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DVD ; Region 4 ; NTSC |
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English language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired |
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Academy Award, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles) |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| SUBJECT |
Citizen Kane (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50051145
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| Subject |
Feature films -- United States.
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Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.
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Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994.
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Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974.
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Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965.
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Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953.
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Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971.
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Lennon, Thomas, 1896-1963.
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Mercury Productions.
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