| Release Date: | May 1941 |
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| Genres: | Mystery / Drama |
| Awards: | Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations |
| Runtime: | 119 min |
| Cast: | 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 (Signor Matiste) Gus Schilling (The Headwaiter) Philip Van Zandt (Mr. Rawlston) Georgia Backus (Bertha Anderson) Harry Shannon (Kane's Father) |
Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" is widely considered to be the greatest film to ever come out of Hollywood. The film is basically about a group of reporters who are trying to decipher the last word ever spoke by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: "Rosebud." The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane's life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane's life. As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man's rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the "top of the world."
