"Citizen Kane" 1941 Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies and his last utterance is the single word 'rosebud'; a curious reporter attempts to unlock the riddle of its meaning by interviewing Kane's friends and business partners. Within that frame, the film reveals the Kane's life events through flashbacks, from the beginnings of his career in the publishing world &ndash born of idealistic social service &nhdash; but gradually evolving into a ruthless pursuit of power.

History of The Film The film premiered at the R.K.O. Palace Theatre in New York City on 1 May 1941, but was unsuccesful in its first run. Due to threats to industry members by [purported] subject Wm. Randolph Hearst [1863-1951], each mention of the film at the 1942 Academy Awards ceremony was roundly booed by the audience. Nonetheless, the film won an Oscar for Best Original Script, having been also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor [Welles], Best B&W Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Sound & Best Music Score.
Release in Europe in 1946 brought much acclaim, followed by re-release in the U.S.A. in the 1950s; the film was restored by Turner Entertainment in 1991. "Citizen Kane" is number one on the Top 100 List of the American Film Institute, listed on the National Film Registry (1989), and listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (5/2005)

Produced, co-written & directed by Orson Welles [1915-85]; co-written by Herman J. Mankiewicz;
cinematography by Gregg Toland; music by Bernard Herrmann; co-starring Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore,
Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Thomas
Anderson, Paul Stewart & George Coulouris

"R.K.O. 281" tv movie [HBO/WGBH airdate Nov 1999]
The title is the production number for the filming of "Citizen Kane". After Wm. Randolph Hearst learned that Orson Welles was making a feature film that was a thinly-disguised and unflattering look at Hearst's life, the publishing tycoon and presidential hopeful used his power and influence to bury the picture. Directed by Benjamin Ross; starring Liev Schreiber {as Welles}, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich & Roy Scheider; nominated for 13 Emmy Awards, including Best TV Movie, Best Direction & Best Script, won 3 minor Emmies; won WGA Award for Best TV Script (tied)
H.B.O. Home Video color DVD [4/2000] for $12.99
H.B.O. Home Video color VHS [3/2001] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

American Experience "The Battle Over Citizen Kane"
[PBS/WGBH 2-hour tv documentary special Jan 1996]
Co-directed by Michael Epstein & Thomas Lennon; interviewees include William Alland, Peter Bogdanovich, Frank Mankiewicz, Thomas Anderson & Ruth Warrick; Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature
WGBH color DVD [11/2000] for $17.99
WGBH color VHS [9/2000] for $18.95
full credits from IMDb
P.B.S. official movie site

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Gottesman, Ronald, ed. Focus on Citizen Kane. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1971.
Nasaw, David. The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst.New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

	"Walking Shadows: Orson Welles, William Randolph Hearst & Citizen Kane" [2004] by John Evangelist Walsh Popular Press 8¼x6 hardcover [11/2004] for $28.70
	"Orson Welles's Citizen Kane: A Casebook" [2004] Edited by James Naremore Oxford Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [7/2004] for $21.95 Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [7/2004] for $74.00
	"Hollywood Classics: Citizen Kane" [1991] by Lynne Piade Smithmark Publrs 14½x10¾ pb [8/91] out of print/used
	"Citizen Kane: The 50th Anniversary Album" [1990] by Harlan Lebo illustrated with over 100 never-before-published photographs Doubleday 11x8¾ hardcover [10/90] for $29.95 "Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker’s Journey" [2000] not listed at either Amazon or B&N (8/2006}
	"The Making of Citizen Kane" [1985] by Robert L. Carringer Univ CA Press 2nd edition 9x6 pb [10/96] for $19.95 Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [6/85] out of print/used Univ CA Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/85] out of print/used
	"Raising Kane and Other Essays" [1996] by Pauline Kael Marion Boyars pb [6/96] for $27.57 "The Citizen Kane Book: Raising Kane" [1971] critical text by Pauline Kael includes the screenplay by Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz Limelight Editions pb [3/88] out of print/used "Ciudadano Kane: La Historia Detras de La Pelicula" [2001] Grupo Editorial Norma Spanish-language pb [6/2001] out of print/rare
	"Citizen Hearst: The Monumental & Controversial Biography of One of The Most Fabulous Characters In American History" [1961] by W.A. Swanberg Scribner mass pb [5/81] out of print/many used B.B.S. Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [9/96] out of print/used Hearst entry at Wikipedia

yellow Kane standing retail source not found	color one-sheet 28"x39" one-sheet poster available at AllPosters.com 27"x40" poster from Amazon	color Kane standing 24"x36" poster from Amazon 11"x17" poster from Amazon	German art print 20"x28" art print available at AllPosters.com 20"x28" poster from Amazon
red K poster retail source not found	red billboard no longer available at AllPosters.com	Italian poster 11"x17" poster from Amazon	color lectern poster {3 sizes} from AllPosters.com

	"Citizen Kane" screenplay [2002] by Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz includes the essay "Raising Kane" by Pauline Kael Methuen Drama pb [5/2002] for $18.42
	"Citizen Kane" [1993] critical text by Laura Mulvey British Film Institute 7½x5½ pb [1/93] for $10.46

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"Citizen Kane" 1941 Movie