Citizen Kane

Aspect

1.33:1
Audio

English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Runtime

119
Discs

2
Studio

Turner Home Ent
Release Date

May 01, 1941
DVD Release

September 25, 2001
16:9

THX

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Rating

PG
Director

Orson Welles
 

This documentary, produced for PBS' "The American Experience" (1988) series, chronicles the struggles between filmmaker Orson Welles and newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst over the making and release of Citizen Kane (1941), whose protagonist (Charles Foster Kane) was allegedly a barely fictionalized Hearst. Interviews with contemporaries of Hearst and Welles reveal the intense campaign to suppress the film and ultimately ruin the career of its director.

Edition Details Cast
  • Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Commentary by: Orson Welles biographer Peter BogdanovichUnknown Format,Roger EbertUnknown Format
  • 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
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    Joseph CottenJedediah Leland
    Agnes MooreheadMary Kane
    Ray CollinsJames W. Gettys
    Everett SloaneMr. Bernstein
    Paul StewartRaymond
    Fortunio BonanovaSignor Matiste
    Philip Van ZandtMr. Rawlston
    Harry ShannonKane's Father
    Buddy SwanKane, age eight
    Don AckermanMan at party in Everglades
    Demetrius AlexisNewsreel extra
    William AlstonMan at Xanadu Great Hall
    Sam AshMan at boat dock
    Walter BaconCity room employee
    Harry A. BaileyMan singing at Inquirer party
    Joan BlairGeorgia
    Robert BrentMan singing at Inquirer party
    Dorothy ClevelandPerson in front of 'Chronicle' building
    Eddie CokeReporter
    Nat 'King' ColePianist in 'El Rancho'
    Gino CorradoGino
    Charles CrossMan at opera
    Louise CurrieReporter at Xanadu
    Ernie DanielsHireling, Chicago Inquirer
    Tim DavisCopy boy
    Marie DayInsert bit
    Carl DeloroMan singing at Inquirer party
    Petra R. de SilvaNewswoman
    John DilsonWard Heeler
    Suzanne DulierFrench maid
    Pauline EasterdayDancer
    Jack EganMan singing at Inquirer party
    Dick ElmoreNewsreel extra
    Carl FaulknerHermann Goring
    Jack FloydHireling, Chicago Inquirer
    Monty FordMan singing at Inquirer party
    Olin FrancisExpressman
    Al FrazierGorilla man
    Captain GarciaGeneral
    Bud GearyNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Renee GodfreyNurse
    Jimmy GrantMan at party in Everglades
    Ernest GrooneyMan on hospital roof
    Bobby HainesMan singing at Inquirer party
    Harry HarrisMan singing at Inquirer party
    Lew HarveyNewspaper man
    Cliff HerdNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Harlan HoaglandMan singing at Inquirer party
    Mitchell IngrahamPolitician
    Walter JamesWard Heeler
    Clayton JonesMan singing at Inquirer party
    Harry JonesNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Arthur KayOrchestra Leader
    E. KerryPerson in front of 'Chronicle' building
    Alan LaddReporter smoking pipe at end
    Carmen LarouxMaid in corridor in Xanadu
    Walter LawrenceNewsreel extra
    Bert LeBaronNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    J.D. LockhartMan singing at Inquirer party
    Ellen LoweMiss Townsend
    Buck MackMan
    James T. MackPrompter
    Herman J. MankiewiczNewspaperman
    Joe ManzJennings
    Mickey MartinNewsboy
    Major McBrideShadowgraph man
    Charles MeakinCivic leader
    Buddy MessingerMan at boat dock
    Irving MitchellDr. Corey
    Philip MorrisPolitician
    Louis NatheauxReporter
    Lillian NicholsonWoman at opera
    George NoisomCopy boy
    John NorthpoleNewsreel extra
    Arthur O'ConnellReporter
    Paddy O'FlynnMan singing at Inquirer party
    Edward Peil Jr.Civic leader
    Thomas PogueMan
    Jack RaymondStagehand
    Guy ReppReporter
    Sam RiceMan singing at Inquirer party
    Suzanne RidgewayDancer
    Myrtle RishellBig governess
    Don RobertsMan singing at Inquirer party
    Victor RomitoNewsreel extra
    Shimen RuskinHireling
    Jack RyanMan at Madison Square Garden
    Jack SantoroMan at Xanadu Great Hall
    Ruth SeeleyDancer
    Brent ShugarNewsreel extra
    Roy SmithMan singing at Inquirer party
    Bert StevensMan at Madison Square Garden
    Jack TaylorNewsreel extra
    Bob TerryExtra in Newsreel
    Robert B. TobinMan singing at Inquirer party
    Kathryn TrosperReporter at Xanadu
    Glen TurnbullFlotsam
    Harry J. VejarPortugese laborer
    Ken WeaverNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Larry WheatMan singing at Inquirer party
    Jan WileyReporter at Xanadu
    Larry WilliamsMan singing at Inquirer party
    Richard WilsonReporter
    Vera WintersWoman in projection room
    Louis YoungNewsreel extra
    Dorothy ComingoreSusan Alexander Kane
    Ruth WarrickEmily Monroe Norton Kane
    Erskine SanfordHerbert Carter
    William AllandJerry Thompson
    George CoulourisWalter Parks Thatcher
    Gus SchillingThe Headwaiter
    Georgia BackusBertha Anderson
    Sonny BuppCharles Foster Kane III
    Orson WellesCharles Foster Kane
    Loretta AgarDancing Girl
    Peter AllenMan in senate investigating committee
    Baudelio AlvaNewsreel extra
    Michael AudleyMan in projection room
    Richard BaerHillman
    Charles BennettEntertainer
    Danny BorzageMan singing at Inquirer party
    Porter ChaseMan singing at Inquirer party
    Edmund CobbInquirer Reporter
    Tom ColemanMan singing at Inquirer party
    Gene CooganNewsreel extra
    Herbert CorthellCity Editor
    Thomas A. CurranTeddy Roosevelt
    Jack CurtisBoss printer
    Margaret DavisDancer
    Donna DaxHouse maid
    Gayle DeCampMan singing at Inquirer party
    George DeNormandNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Eddie DewMan in projection rooma
    Robert DudleyPhotographer
    Art DupuisNewsreel extra
    Al EbenSolly
    Carl EkbergAdolf Hitler
    Edith EvansonLeland's Nurse
    Juanita FieldsDancer
    Ray FlynnCity room employee
    Jean ForwardOpera Singer
    Louise FranklinMaid
    Gloria GaleDancer
    Jack GarganMan at Xanadu Great Hall
    Rudolph GermaineNewsreel extra
    Peter GowlandGuest
    Jesse GravesJoseph
    Jack GwynneMan on hospital roof
    Frank HaneyCity room employee
    Sam HarrisNewsreel extra
    Edward L. HemmerBit part
    Bryan 'Slim' HightowerFish driver
    John HuettnerMan at Xanadu Great Hall
    Jack JahriesExtra in Newsreel
    George W. JimenezWaiter at Inquirer party
    Edna Mae JonesDancer
    Bill KaneMan on hospital roof
    Ivy KeeneDriver of car/woman in loggia scene
    Milton KibbeeReporter at Wedding
    Mike LallyNewsreel extra
    Perc LaundersMan in projection room
    Bob LawsonCity room employee
    Adam LinkeDruggist
    Mary LorraineDancer
    Ludwig LowryMan singing at Inquirer party
    Evelyn MackertWoman at boat dock
    Teddy MangeanMan on roof
    Jack ManolasMan singing at Inquirer party
    Loretta MarshDancer
    Clyde McAteeNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    John McCormackMan singing at Inquirer party
    Hercules MendezMan singing at Inquirer party
    E.G. MillerNeville Chamberlain/Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Bert MoorhouseMan at Xanadu Great Hall
    Jack MortonButler
    Frances E. NealEthel
    Leda NicovaDancer
    Joseph NorthMale secretary
    William H. O'BrienMale secretary
    Frank O'ConnorMan at Madison Square Garden
    Lillian O'MalleyPerson in front of 'Chronicle' building
    Gerald PierceCopy boy delivering message in Chicago hotel room
    J.R. RalstonMan singing at Inquirer party
    Terrance RayMan at boat dock/man at Madison Square Garden
    Jolane ReynoldsDancer
    Verne RichardsCity room employee
    Cyril RingNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Jack RobbinsNewsreel extra
    George RogersNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Benny RubinSmather
    Edward RyanMan in Inquirer city room
    Walter SandeReporter at Xanadu
    Francis SaylesPolitician
    George SherwoodHireling
    Bruce SidneyNewsman
    Ralph SteinHireling, Chicago Inquirer
    Landers StevensInvestigator
    Norman TaylorMan in senate investigating committee
    Karl ThomasJetsam
    Gregg TolandInterviewer in 1935 Newsreel
    Fred TrowbridgeMan singing at Inquirer party
    Gohr Van VleckStagehand
    Tim WallaceNewsreel extra
    Charles WestStage Manager
    Patrick WhitneyReporter
    Bill WilkensMan on roof
    Tudor WilliamsChorus Master
    Roland WintersNewspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
    Arthur YeomanSpeaker