Citizen Kane [Blu-ray]

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Citizen Kane [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray (Remastered / Anniversary Edition / Includes book / Subtitled)

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Overview

In his film debut, the 25-year-old Orson Welles created an enduring masterpiece in Citizen Kane, an innovative, cinematic character study. The story unfolds in flashbacks as a reporter researches the life of the wealthy and powerful newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/17/2012
UPC:	0883929224289
Original Release:	1941
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:59:00
Sales rank:	8,123

Special Features

Closed Caption; Disc 1 features:; Orson Welles' 1941 classic restored from original nitrate elements in 4K resolution and remastered in dazzling 1080p Hi-Def; 2011 digital transfer; Separate commentaries by Roger Ebert and Peter Bogdanovich; Interviews with Ruth Warrick and Robert Wise; Premiere newsreel; Stills gallery and more!; ; DVD Disc 2 features:; The Battle Over Citizen Kane; The 1995 Best Documentary feature Oscar nominee

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Orson Welles	Charles Foster Kane
Dorothy Comingore	Susan Alexander
Joseph Cotten	Jedediah Leland
Everett Sloane	Bernstein
George Coulouris	Walter Parks Thatcher
Agnes Moorehead	Mrs. Mary Kane
Ruth Warrick	Emily Norton Kane
Harry Shannon	Kane Sr.
Ray Collins	Boss James W. Gettys
Sonny Bupp	Kane III
Erskine Sanford	Herbert Carter
William Alland	Jerry Thompson
Fortunio Bonanova	Matisti
Paul Stewart	Raymond
Gus Schilling	Head Waiter
Buddy Swan	Young Charles Foster Kane
Philip Van Zandt	Mr. Rawlston
Georgia Backus	Miss Anderson
Alan Ladd	Reporter
Arthur O'Connell	Reporter
Agnes Morehead	Mary Kane
Herbert Carter	Mr. Bernstein
Dorothy	Actor
Don Ackerman	Man at Party in Everglades
John Alban	un journaliste
Demetrius Alexis	Newsreel Man
William Alston	Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Baudelio Alva	Newsreel Man
Sam Ash	Man at Boat Dock
Michael Audley	Man in Projection Room
Walter Bacon	City Room Employee
Pedro de Cordoba	Kane senior
Charles Bennett	Entertainer
Joan Blair	Georgia
Edmund Cobb	Enquirer Reporter
Eddie Coke	Reporter
Gino Corrado	Gino
Herbert Corthell	City Editor
Louise Currie	Reporter
Robert Dudley	Photographer
Al Eben	Mike
Edith Evanson	Nurse
Arthur Kay	Orchestra Leader
Milt Kibbee	Reporter,Actor
Ellen Lowe	Miss Townsend
Irving Mitchell	Dr. Corey
Benny Rubin	Smather
Walter Sande	Reporter
Tudor Williams	Chorus Master
Bernard Herrmann	Conductor,Composer

Technical Credits

Orson Welles	Screenwriter,Producer
Herman J. Mankiewicz	Screenwriter
Vernon L. Walker	Special Effects,Special Effects
Russell A. Cully	Special Effects
James G. Stewart	Sound Effects
John Aalberg	Sound Effects
John C. Grubb	Sound Effects
John Houseman	Screenwriter
Roger Q. Denny	Screenwriter
George Schaefer	Producer
Linwood Dunn	Special Effects
James G. Stewart	Sound/Sound Designer
Bailey Fesler	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1. Introduction [7:22]
2. An American Saga [3:25]
3. Hearst - Building an Empire [8:51]
4. Welles - A Controversial Career [15:56]
5. Hearst and American Politics [12:18]
6. The War of the Worlds [11:13]
7. Life at San Simeon [15:28]
8. Welles' Arrival in Hollywood [5:50]
9. Filming Citizen Kane [6:58]
10. Attempts to Crush Citizen Kane [16:24]
11. The Decline of Hearst and Welles [9:35]

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Editorial Reviews

Citizen Kane is widely hailed as the "great American film" -- and with good reason. From its complex and dazzling narrative structure to cinematographer Gregg Toland's pioneering deep-focus photography to its incredibly rich use of sound, Orson Welles's 1941 picture remains one of the most innovative movies ever to come out of a Hollywood studio. Not bad for a 26-year-old upstart who had never directed a single film. Unfolding almost entirely in flashback, Welles's masterpiece presents various perspectives on the outsized life of the just-deceased Charles Foster Kane, a charismatic newspaper magnate bearing more than a passing resemblance to William Randolph Hearst. (Writers at the Hearst papers waged a campaign in print to have Citizen Kane banned.) Through the reminiscences of friends, family, and coworkers, the film moves from Kane's childhood to his rambunctious adolescence, from the heights of his success to the depths of his isolation -- all the while searching for a clue to Kane's mysterious last word: "Rosebud." The enigmatic phrase drives the tale, but ultimately it is only a means of exploring the film's real theme: the impossibility of truly understanding the heart and mind of any human being. No less a figure than Jorge Luis Borges hailed Kane's "labyrinth without a center" structure. The 60th anniversary DVD edition digs deeper into the Hearst-Welles bond with the addition of a commentary track by Welles acolyte Peter Bogdanovich.

Citizen Kane [Blu-ray]

Citizen Kane [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray (Remastered / Anniversary Edition / Includes book / Subtitled)

Blu-ray (Remastered / Anniversary Edition / Includes book / Subtitled)

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