Citizen Kane - Wikipedia
WEBThe quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on American media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, as well as aspects of the screenwriters' own lives.
Citizen Kane (1941) - IMDb
WEBCitizen Kane: Directed by Orson Welles. With Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick. Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Citizen Kane | Summary, Cast, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Citizen Kane, American film drama, released in 1941, that was directed, produced, and cowritten by Orson Welles, who also starred in the lead role. A landmark work in the history of cinema, Citizen Kane is acclaimed by many critics as the greatest movie ever made.
Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles : Orson Welles - Archive.org
WEBDec 27, 2022 · One of the best film in film history. !!!! Subject: Rosebud! Hmmm... it isn't a re-watchable film for me, it seems once the mystery is solved, and anyone who has watched any amount of television already knows what rosebud means. (In that respect, I think for me it was ruined.)
Citizen Kane (1941) - Plot - IMDb
WEBIn a mansion in Xanadu, a vast palatial estate in Florida, the elderly Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) is on his deathbed. Holding a snow globe, he utters a word, "Rosebud", and dies; the globe slips from his hand and smashes on the floor. A newsreel obituary tells the life story of Kane, an enormously wealthy newspaper publisher.
Citizen Kane - Rotten Tomatoes
WEBWhen a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who...
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- Content Rating: PG
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Citizen Kane movie review & film summary (1941) - Roger Ebert
WEB“Citizen Kane” covers the rise of the penny press (here Joseph Pulitzer is the model), the Hearst-supported Spanish-American War, the birth of radio, the power of political machines, the rise of fascism, the growth of celebrity journalism.
Citizen Kane (1941) - Turner Classic Movies
WEBIn 1898, attempts to draw the United States into war with Spain. After the 1929 stock market crash, Kane relinquishes control of his empire to Thatcher's syndicate. Thompson finishes his reading of Thatcher's memoir without learning anything about Rosebud.
Citizen Kane (1941) - The Movie Database (TMDB)
WEBOverview. Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Citizen Kane (1941) - The Criterion Collection
WEBCitizen Kane. 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.