Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Citizen Kane [videorecording] Citizen Kane Citizen Kane ; The battle over Citizen Kane Battle over Citizen Kane RKO Radio Pictures ; a Mercury production ; director/producer, Orson Welles ; screenplay, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles. The battle over Citizen Kane / produced by Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein ; written by Richard Ben Cramer & Thomas Lennon ; a Lennon Documentary Group film for the American experience ; WGBH Boston. - Standard format. - [S.l.] : Turner Entertainment, c2001. - 2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.): sd., b&w, col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Feature film: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941. Documentary: Originally broadcast as part of the PBS series the American experience in 1996. 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.

Citizen Kane (119 min.) -- The battle over Citizen Kane (113 min.)





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.

Rated PG.




Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Soundtrack in English ; English, French, Spanish and Portugese subtitles available on feature film disc ; English subtitles available on documentary disc.

0780635205 9780780635203

T6565 Turner Entertainment


Welles, Orson, 1915-
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.


Citizen Kane (Motion picture)


Motion pictures--History.
Motion picture industry--History.--California
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

PN1997 / .C52 2001

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