Citizen Kane (DVD)
Warner Brothers, 60th Anniversary Edition, 2-Disc Special Edition
APPROX. 119 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1941 - MPA RATING: PG
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Sep 25, 2001 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Warner Brothers |
| Year: | 1941 |
| Video: | Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 |
| Audio: |
English: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Drama, War |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Portuguese |
Special Features
- Disc One: Citizen Kane Features:
- Two Feature-Length Audio Commentaries: One by Film Critic Roger Ebert and the Other by Director/Welles Biographer Peter Bogdanovich
- 1941 Movie Premiere Newsreel
- Gallery Of Storyboards
- Rare Photos
- Alternate Ad Campaigns
- Studio Correspondence
- Call Sheets and Other Memorabilia
- Interactive Menus
- Theatrical Trailer
- Production Notes
- Filmmaker Postscripts and Awards Data
- Scene Access
- Disc Two: The Battle Over Citizen Kane Features:
- Welles Filmography
Synopsis
A Double-Disc Set
Orson Welles' timeless masterwork (#1 in the American Film Institute's 1998 list of Best American Movies) is more than a groundbreaking film. Presented here in a magnificent 60th anniversary digital transfer with revitalized digital audio from the highest quality surviving elements (Disc One), it is also grand entertainment, sharply acted (starting many of Welles' Mercury Players on the road to thriving film careers) and superbly directed with inspired visual flair. Depicting the controversial life of an influential publishing tycoon, this Best Original Screenplay Academy AwardŽ winner (1941) is rooted in themes of power, corruption, vanity -- the
American Dream lost in the mystery of a dying man's last word: "Rosebud."
"A two-hour tornado of a documentary" (Time) nominated for the 1995 Best Documentary OscarŽ, The Battle Over Citizen Kane (Disc Two) chronicles the titanic clash between Welles, RKO Studios and publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, whose life and accomplishments reportedly inspired Citizen Kane.
Narrated by Richard Ben Cramer
Cast & Crew
Warner Brothers
presents
Orson WellesRay CollinsDorothy ComingoreJoseph CottenGeorge CoulourisAgnes Moorehead
"Citizen Kane"
Written byRichard Ben CramerWritten byThomas LennonWritten byHerman J. MankiewiczWritten byOrson Wellesproduced byMichael Epstein
produced byThomas Lennon
produced byOrson Welles
directed byMichael Epsteindirected byThomas Lennondirected byOrson Welles
Production Year: 1941
"Citizen Kane"
Written byRichard Ben CramerWritten byThomas LennonWritten byHerman J. MankiewiczWritten byOrson Wellesproduced byMichael Epstein
produced byThomas Lennon
produced byOrson Welles
directed byMichael Epsteindirected byThomas Lennondirected byOrson Welles
Production Year: 1941
