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The Resource Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

Label
Citizen Kane
Title
Citizen Kane
Title variation
Orson Welles Citizen Kane
Contributor
Actor
Artistic director
Composer
Conductor
Costume designer
Designer
Director
Director of photography
Film editor
Host
Narrator
Photographer
Producer
Screenwriter
Sound designer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • por
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • por
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Citizen Kane: Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. The battle over Citizen Kane: American experience documentary about the making of Citizen Kane and Orson Welles estate. RKO 281: Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst
Related
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
  • Citizen Kane (Motion picture)
  • American experience (Television program)
Credits note
Citizen Kane: Music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann ; special effects, Vernon L. Walker ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; editing, Robert Wise ; recording, Bailey Fesler, James G. Stewart ; costumes, Edward Stevenson. Battle over Citizen Kane: Edited by Ken Eluto ; directors of photography, Greg Andracke, Michael Chin ; original music composed and orchestrated by Brian Keane ; additional music by Maurice Wright. RKO 281: Costume designer, Stewart Meachem ; music by John Altman ; edited by Alex Mackie ; production designer, Maria Djurkovic ; director of photography, Mike Southon ; co-executive producers, Diane Minter Lewis, Chris Zarpas
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: PG (Citizen Kane); Rating: R (RKO 281)
Language note
Citizen Kane: In English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed Portuguese with optional English SDH, French, Spanish or Portuguese subtitles. Battle over Citizen Kane: In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned. RKO 281: In English or dubbed Spanish with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.C585 2011
PerformerNote
  • Citizen Kane: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Sonny Bupp, Buddy Swan, Orson Welles
  • Battle over Citizen Kane: host, David McCullough ; narrated by Richard Ben Cramer
  • RKO 281: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet, Fiona Shaw, Anastasia Hille, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1915-1985
  • 1897-1953
  • 1911-1975
  • 1894-1948
  • 1898-1968
  • 1914-2005
  • 1901-1961
  • 1907-1997
  • 1905-1994
  • 1913-1971
  • 1906-1974
  • 1889-1965
  • 1885-1969
  • 1909-1965
  • 1916-1997
  • 1908-1986
  • 1903-1989
  • 1895-1969
  • 1908-1957
  • 1900-1983
  • 1890-1964
  • 1928-2007
  • 1929-1993
  • 1970-
  • 1964-
  • 1944-2012
  • 1961-
  • 1949-
  • 1957-
  • 1958-
  • 1946-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Welles, Orson
  • Mankiewicz, Herman J.
  • Toland, Gregg
  • Herrmann, Bernard
  • Walker, Vernon L.
  • Polglase, Van Nest
  • Wise, Robert
  • Fesler, Bailey
  • Stewart, James G.
  • Stevenson, Edward
  • Cotten, Joseph
  • Comingore, Dorothy
  • Moorehead, Agnes
  • Warrick, Ruth
  • Collins, Ray
  • Sanford, Erskine
  • Sloane, Everett
  • Alland, William
  • Stewart, Paul
  • Coulouris, George
  • Bonanova, Fortunio
  • Schilling, Gus
  • Van Zandt, Philip
  • Backus, Georgia
  • Shannon, Harry
  • Bupp, Sonny
  • Swan, Buddy
  • Lennon, Thomas
  • Epstein, Michael
  • Cramer, Richard Ben
  • Drain, Margaret
  • McCullough, David G.
  • Ross, Benjamin
  • Armstrong, Su
  • Scott, Ridley
  • Scott, Tony
  • Logan, John
  • Southon, Mike
  • Mackie, Alex
  • Altman, John
  • Djurkovic, Maria
  • Meachem, Stewart
  • Schreiber, Liev
  • Cromwell, James
  • Griffith, Melanie
  • Malkovich, John
  • Cunningham, Liam
  • Suchet, David
  • Shaw, Fiona
  • Hille, Anastasia
  • Blethyn, Brenda
  • Scheider, Roy
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • Mercury Theatre
  • Lennon Documentary Group
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  • HBO Pictures
  • Scott Free Productions
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
315
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Welles, Orson
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Newspaper publishing
  • Men
  • Editores financieros
  • Hombres
Technique
live action
Label
Citizen Kane
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • RKO 281 based in part on the documentary "The battle over Citizen Kane" from the American Experience
  • Citizen Kane originally released as a motion picture in 1941
  • The battle over Citizen Kane originally broadcast as an episode of the American experience in 1996
  • RKO 281 originally broadcast as a television film in 1999 on HBO
  • Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich; Commentary by Roger Ebert; "Opening: World Premiere of Citizen Kane" featurette; Interview with Ruth Warrick; Interview with Robert Wise; Deleted scenes; Ad campaign, Press book, Opening night; Theatrical trailer. Disc 2. Welles filmography; Web link. Disc 3. Cast and crew biographies (Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider, Benjamin Ross, John Logan)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Citizen Kane / an RKO Radio Picture ; a Mercury production by Orson Welles ; original screen play, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles ; direction/production, Orson Welles ; photography, Gregg Toland (119 min., 1941) -- The battle over Citizen Kane / produced by Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein ; written by Richard Ben Cramer & Thomas Lennon ; executive producer, Margaret Drain ; a Lennon Documentary Group film ; WGBH Boston (113 min., 1996) -- RKO 281 / HBO Pictures presents in association with WGBH Boston a Scott Free Production ; a Benjamin Ross film ; produced by Su Armstrong ; executive producers, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott ; written by John Logan ; directed by Benjamin Ross (83 min., 1999)
Control code
1008912
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. + 1 souvenir booklet ([20] pages ; illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 book ([52] pages : illustrations ; 14 x 19 cm)
Dimensions
other
Edition
70th anniversary edition ; 3-disc ultimate collector's edition.
Extent
3 videodiscs (315 min.)
Isbn
9780780674950
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929184811
Other physical details
sound, black and white, color
Publisher number
  • 1000195618
  • 3000037336
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780780674950
  • (OCoLC)747234153
System details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation (Citizen Kane & Battle over Citizen Kane); widescreen presentation (RKO 281); DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround, stereo, mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Citizen Kane
Publication
Note
  • RKO 281 based in part on the documentary "The battle over Citizen Kane" from the American Experience
  • Citizen Kane originally released as a motion picture in 1941
  • The battle over Citizen Kane originally broadcast as an episode of the American experience in 1996
  • RKO 281 originally broadcast as a television film in 1999 on HBO
  • Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich; Commentary by Roger Ebert; "Opening: World Premiere of Citizen Kane" featurette; Interview with Ruth Warrick; Interview with Robert Wise; Deleted scenes; Ad campaign, Press book, Opening night; Theatrical trailer. Disc 2. Welles filmography; Web link. Disc 3. Cast and crew biographies (Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider, Benjamin Ross, John Logan)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Citizen Kane / an RKO Radio Picture ; a Mercury production by Orson Welles ; original screen play, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles ; direction/production, Orson Welles ; photography, Gregg Toland (119 min., 1941) -- The battle over Citizen Kane / produced by Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein ; written by Richard Ben Cramer & Thomas Lennon ; executive producer, Margaret Drain ; a Lennon Documentary Group film ; WGBH Boston (113 min., 1996) -- RKO 281 / HBO Pictures presents in association with WGBH Boston a Scott Free Production ; a Benjamin Ross film ; produced by Su Armstrong ; executive producers, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott ; written by John Logan ; directed by Benjamin Ross (83 min., 1999)
Control code
1008912
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. + 1 souvenir booklet ([20] pages ; illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 book ([52] pages : illustrations ; 14 x 19 cm)
Dimensions
other
Edition
70th anniversary edition ; 3-disc ultimate collector's edition.
Extent
3 videodiscs (315 min.)
Isbn
9780780674950
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929184811
Other physical details
sound, black and white, color
Publisher number
  • 1000195618
  • 3000037336
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780780674950
  • (OCoLC)747234153
System details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation (Citizen Kane & Battle over Citizen Kane); widescreen presentation (RKO 281); DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround, stereo, mono
Video recording format
DVD

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