Citizen Kane

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Citizen Kane - Special Edition 2 Disc Set

Citizen Kane is a landmark of cinema history. The story charts the rise and fall of a newspaper publisher whose wealth and power, which ultimately isolates him, to a life, lived primarily alone, in his enormous castle. Many aspects of the production were advances in film language. The cinematographer, Gregg Toland most effectively and stunningly use of deep focus. While much of the narrative is told with flashbacks and newsreel footage. The script was largely written by Herman L. Mankiewicz and it features a remarkable ensemble of actors from Welles's Mercury Theatre: Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, and Agnes Moorehead.

Selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry of American Film.

DVD - 2 Disc Set

Closed-captioned
Dolby
Commentary by Orson Welles biographer Peter Bogdanovich
Commentary by Roger Ebert
Theatrical trailer(s)

Disc 1:

Feature Film
1941 Movie Premiere Newsreel
Gallery of storyboards, rare photos, alternate ad campaign, studio an personal correspondence, call sheets and other memorabilia

Disc 2:

Two-Hour Documentary: The Battle Over Citizen Kane, details the power struggle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst
Interviews with Welles, the stars of Citizen Kane and associates of Welles
and Hearst
Rare footage from Hearst's San Simeon Estate and Welles's historic The War of the Worlds broadcast
Biographical profiles of Welles and Hearst

Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Orson Wells
Color
113 minutes
Released: 1941
Rated: PG

Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Drama

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