| Other author/creator | Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. |
| Other author/creator | Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953. |
| Other author/creator | Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994. |
| Other author/creator | Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971. |
| Other author/creator | Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974 |
| Other author/creator | Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965. |
| Other author/creator | Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. |
| Other author/creator | Lennon, Thomas, 1970- |
| Other author/creator | Epstein, Michael. |
| Other author/creator | Cramer, Richard Ben. |
| Other author/creator | RKO Radio Pictures. |
| Other author/creator | Mercury Productions. |
| Other author/creator | WGBH Educational Foundation. |
| Other author/creator | Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| Uniform title | Citizen Kane (Motion picture) |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Citizen Kane (119 min.) -- disc 2. The battle over Citizen Kane / produced & directed by Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein ; written by Thomas Lennon & Richard Ben Cramer (2 hrs.) |
| Abstract |
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. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. |
| General note | Citizen Kane originally produced as a motion picture in 1941 ; The battle over Citizen Kane originally produced for television broadcast in 1996 by WGBH Educational Foundation. |
| General note | Special features: [Disc 1] Two full-length audio commentaries, one by Peter Bogdonovich and the other by Roger Ebert ; 1941 movie premiere newsreel ; gallery of storyboards, rare photos, alternate ad campaigns, studio and personal correspondence, call sheets and other memorabilia ; original theatrical trailer. [Disc 2] Welles filmography. |
| Credits | Photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Wise ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | English language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Awards note | Academy Award, 1942: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles) |
| Other title | Battle over Citizen Kane. |
| ISBN | 0780635205 |
| UPC |
053939656527 |
| Publisher number | T6565 Warner Home Video |
