Cover image for Citizen Kane
Title:
Citizen Kane
Author:
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
Edition:
[DVD version].
Publication Information:
[Place of publication not identified] : Turner Entertainment, 2001.

©1941
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.): sound, black and white, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
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. Prominent 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.
General Note:
Standard format.

Rated PG.

Title from disc surface.

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.

For specific features see interactive menu.
Language:
English
Contents:
Citizen Kane (119 min.) -- The battle over Citizen Kane (113 min.)
Added Title:
Battle over Citizen Kane.
ISBN:
9780780635203
Format :
DVD