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Summary:

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 this film remains fresh and galvanizing for every new generation of moviegoers to encounter it.

Table of Contents:

• [disc] 1. [Feature film]
• [discs] 2-3. [Supplements].

Contributors:

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 , film producer, film director, screenwriter, actor

Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953 , screenwriter

Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 , actor

Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971 , actor

Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974 , actor

Warrick, Ruth , actor

Collins, Ray, 1889-1965 , actor

Sanford, Erskine, 1885-1969 , actor

Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965 , actor

Alland, William, 1916-1997 , actor

Stewart, Paul, 1908-1986 , actor

Coulouris, George, 1903-1989 , actor

Bonanova, Fortunio, 1895-1969 , actor

Schilling, Gus, 1908-1957 , actor

Van Zandt, Philip , actor

Backus, Georgia, 1900-1983 , actor

Shannon, Harry, 1890-1964 , actor

Bupp, Sonny, 1928-2007 , actor

Swan, Buddy, 1929-1993 , actor

Toland, Gregg , director of photography

Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975 , composer

Wise, Robert, 1914-2005 , editor of moving image work

Polglase, Van Nest, 1898-1968 , art director

Stevenson, Edward, 1906-1968 , costume designer

RKO Radio Pictures , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Main Work:

Citizen Kane (Motion picture)

Included Works:

Complete Citizen Kane

Hearts of age (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 1104

Subjects:

Publishers and publishing — United States — Biography — Drama

Newspaper publishing — United States — History — Drama

Rich people — United States — Biography — Drama

Publishers and publishing

Newspaper publishing

Rich people

United States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Films à clef

Journalism films

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Biographies

History

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; LPCM monaural.

Performers:

Cast: Orson Welles, 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.

Production Credits:

Photography, Gregg Toland ; editing, Robert Wise ; music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; costumes, Edward Stevenson.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
New 4K digital restoration.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special edition features on disc 1: 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 ; on disc 2: The complete Citizen Kane (1991): a rarely seen feature-length BBC documentary; Working on Kane (interviews from 1990 with editor Robert Wise, actor Ruth Warrick, optical-effects designer Linwood Dunn); On Toland (interviews from 1990 with cinematographers Allen Daviau, Haskell Wexler and Vilmos Zsigmond); Craig Barron and Ben Burtt (new program on the film's special effects by film scholars and effects experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt); new video essay by Orson Welles scholar Robert L. Carringer; new interview with critic Farran Smith Nehme; Reframing "Kane" (film scholar Racquel J. Gates on the film's fame); interview from 1990 with filmmaker Martin Scorsese; Stills photography with commentary by Roger Ebert; The opening: the world premiere of Citizen Kane; trailer ; on disc 3: My guest is Orson Welles (new documentary featuring archival interviews with Welles); Knowing Welles (interviews from 1990 with filmmakers Peter Bogdanovich, Henry Jaglom, Martin Ritt, and Frank Marshall, and cinematographer Gary Graver); Interviews with actor Joseph Cotten from 1966 and 1975; Program featuring a 1996 interview with actor William Alland on his collaborations with Welles; Mercury Thatre (a selection of Mercury Theatre on the Air radio plays featuring many of the actors from Citizen Kane and television programs from 1979 and 1988 featuring appearances by Welles and Mercury Theatre producer John Houseman); The hearts of age: a brief silent film made by Welles as a student in 1934.

Physical Description:

3 videodiscs (119 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (42 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.37:1; full screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

CIT 1941 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681438948
1681438941

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515266116 (set)
Universal Product Code: 715515266215
Universal Product Code: 715515270212
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3311UHDBD (container)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3312BD (set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3312BD-1 (disc 1)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3312BD-2 (disc 2)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3312BD-3 (disc 3)

OCLC Numbers:

1270977544