Citizen Kane (Criterion Collection)

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	Joseph Cotten	Jedediah Leland
	Dorothy Comingore	Susan Alexander Kane
	Agnes Moorehead	Mary Kane
	Ruth Warrick	Emily Monroe Norton Kane
	Ray Collins	James W. Gettys
	Erskine Sanford	Herbert Carter
	Everett Sloane	Mr. Bernstein
	William Alland	Jerry Thompson
	Paul Stewart	Raymond
	George Coulouris	Walter Parks Thatcher
	Fortunio Bonanova	Matiste
	Gus Schilling	The Headwaiter
	Philip Van Zandt	Mr. Rawlston
	Georgia Backus	Miss Anderson
	Harry Shannon	Kane's Father
	Sonny Bupp	Kane III
	Buddy Swan	Kane - Age Eight
	Orson Welles	Kane
	Don Ackerman	Man at Party in Everglades
	Loretta Agar	Dancing Girl
	John Alban	Reporter
	Demetrius Alexis	Newsreel Man
	Peter Allen	Man in Senate Investigating Committee
	William Alston	Man at Xanadu Great Hall
	Baudelio Alva	Newsreel Man

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Director	Orson Welles
Writer	Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, John Houseman, Roger Q. Denny, Mollie Kent
Producer	George Schaefer, Orson Welles
Musician	Bernard Herrmann
Photography	Gregg Toland

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Christmas 2021 gift from Beth

In the most dazzling debut feature in cinema history, twenty-five-year-old writer-producer-director-star Orson Welles synthesized the possibilities of sound-era filmmaking into what could be called the first truly modern movie. In telling the story of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a William Randolph Hearst–like newspaper magnate named Charles Foster Kane, Welles not only created the definitive portrait of American megalomania, he also unleashed a torrent of stylistic innovations-from the jigsaw-puzzle narrative structure to the stunning deep-focus camera work of Gregg Toland-that have ensured that Citizen Kane remains fresh and galvanizing for every new generation of moviegoers to encounter it.

We have become aware of a problem on Blu-ray disc 1 of all of our editions of Citizen Kane that affects the contrast in the feature film, starting around the 30-minute mark and lasting until the end of the film. The 4K UHD disc is not affected. We are in the process of getting corrected discs manufactured and will be making replacements available to all of our customers. See Current post below for details.

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the film and special features
Three audio commentaries: from 2021 featuring Orson Welles scholars James Naremore and Jonathan Rosenbaum; from 2002 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich; and from 2002 featuring film critic Roger Ebert
The Complete “Citizen Kane,” (1991), a rarely seen feature-length BBC documentary
New interviews with critic Farran Smith Nehme and film scholar Racquel J. Gates
New video essay by Orson Welles scholar Robert Carringer
New program on the film’s special effects by film scholars and effects experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt
Interviews from 1990 with editor Robert Wise; actor Ruth Warrick; optical-effects designer Linwood Dunn; Bogdanovich; filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Henry Jaglom, Martin Ritt, and Frank Marshall; and cinematographers Allen Daviau, Gary Graver, and Vilmos Zsigmond
New documentary featuring archival interviews with Welles
Interviews with actor Joseph Cotten from 1966 and 1975
The Hearts of Age, a brief silent film made by Welles as a student in 1934
Television programs from 1979 and 1988 featuring appearances by Welles and Mercury Theatre producer John Houseman
Program featuring a 1996 interview with actor William Alland on his collaborations with Welles
Selection of The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio plays featuring many of the actors from Citizen Kane
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: Deluxe packaging, including a book with an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri

New Cover by Mike McQuade

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