Citizen Kane

VHS

Citizen Kane / RKO Pictures ; produced and directed by Orson Welles ; screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles.

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Added Author). Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 (Added Author). Comingore, Dorothy. (Added Author). Moorehead, Agnes, 1906-1974 (Added Author). Turner Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead, Dorothy Comingore. (Cast). Host and narrator, David McCullough. (Cast).

Summary:

Study of the corruption of power, a story of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper tycoon with rather pointed parallels to the life of William Randolph Hearst. 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0780635205
ISBN: 9780780635203
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (DVD) (119 min., 113 min.) : sound, black and white with behind the scenes & interview color segment ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Turner Home Entertainment, 1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.

Disc 1 - Feature film, 1941 movie premiere newsreel, gallery of storyboards, rare photos, alternate ad campaign, studio and 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' historic War of the Worlds broadcast; Biographical profiles of Welles and Hearst.
With Note:: With a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film and an interview with the director, hosted by Robert Osborne.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Director of photography, Gregg Toland ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
Participant or Performer Note:: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead, Dorothy Comingore.

Host and narrator, David McCullough.
Awards Note:: Academy Award for Best Script, 1941