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CITIZEN KANE is Orson Welles's greatest achievement--and a landmark of cinema history. The story charts the rise and fall of a newspaper publisher whose wealth and power ultimately isolates him in his castle-like refuge. The film's protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, was based on a composite of Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst--so much so that Hearst tried to have the film suppressed. Every aspect of the production marked an advance in film language: the deep focus and deeply shadowed cinematography (from Gregg Toland); the discontinuous narrative, relying heavily on flashbacks and newsreel footage (propelled by a script largely written by Herman L. Mankiewicz); the innovative use of sound and score (sound by Bailey Fesler and James G. Stewart, music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann); and the ensemble acting forged in the fires of Welles's Mercury Theatre (featuring the film debuts of, among others, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, and Agnes Moorehead). Every moment of the film, every shot, has been choreographed to perfection. The film is essential viewing, quite possibly the greatest film ever made and, along with THE BIRTH OF A NATION, certainly the most influential.Product Identifiers
UPC0883929184811
eBay Product ID (ePID)108333568
Product Key Features
ActorJoseph Cotten, Everett Sloane
RatingG
Edition70th Anniversary; Ultimate Collector's Edition
Movie/TV TitleCitizen Kane
DirectorGeorge Orson Welles, Orson Welles
FormatDVD
Release Year2011
GenreDrama
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs3
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Display Format70th Anniversary; Ultimate Collector's Edition
Signal StandardDvd
Leading RoleJoseph Cotten, Everett Sloane
Release Date20110913
Film CountryUSA