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Citizen Kane

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Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten
Jedediah Leland / Screening Room Reporter
Dorothy Comingore Dorothy Comingore
Susan Alexander Kane
Agnes Moorehead Agnes Moorehead
Mary Kane
Ruth Warrick Ruth Warrick
Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Ray Collins Ray Collins
James W. Gettys
Erskine Sanford Erskine Sanford
Herbert Carter / Screening Room Reporter
Everett Sloane Everett Sloane
Mr. Bernstein
William Alland William Alland
Jerry Thompson


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Great? Yes. Perfect? Not quite.

16 years, 9 months ago at May 28 14:08
7 votes
I finally got around to seeing this classic. It took me a few tries, because I kept falling asleep (to be fair, I always started it late at night, while in bed, so take into consideration). After 3 tries, I finally got around to finishing it.

I had real high hopes for this classic. Being so high up in IMDb Top250, and on top of that, being called Number 1 film of ALL TIME by Am... read more

One word can't describe a man's life.

13 years, 9 months ago at Jun 2 16:27
6 votes
''I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle...a missing piece.''

Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.

Orson Welles: Charles Foster Kane

Citizen Kane from 1941, has been lauded as the greatest motion picture to come out of America during the black-and-white era (or ... read more

Exceptional candidate for the best film ever made

12 years ago at Mar 5 11:39
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The greatest film of all time? In many aspects, yes. Every film watcher knows that there is no definitive greatest film. However, from an objective point of view, Orson Welles’ 1941 masterpiece is a strong candidate. It is literally a perfect film. From its acting, writing and story to its technical composition, Citizen Kane is flawless. Let’s put it in layman’s terms. It’s a fact that it ... read more
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Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, Xanadu, speaking a single word: "Rosebud". In an attempt to figure out the meaning of this word, a reporter tracks down the people who worked and lived with Kane; they tell their stories in a series of flashbacks that reveal much about Kane's life but not enough to unlock the riddle of his dying breath.
Release date: 5 September 1941
UPC: 053939656527
Tags: Drama (44), 1941 (24), Mystery (22), 1940s (21), Journalism (14), Politics (12), Usa (11), Ambition (11), (10), Newspaper (9), Rosebud (9), Black And White (7), Power (7), Black & White (7), Corruption (7), Obsession (7), Flashback (7), Publisher (7), Loneliness (6)
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The natural question ,we have to wonder about when watching this film, in its new splendor after restoration, is whether Orson Welles did not try to make a movie about himself. He sure did. I would even say it is a posthumous autobiography in prospective expectation. It is an American film about America and the Americans. The grandiose grandeur of those who are dreaming America into being and the petty narrow-mindedness of those who are only defending their own interests. Which tribe is most important? No one can know. The dreamers get isolated and lonely, at times in the golden heart of wealth and money. The self-centered ones just cut the cake and are very careful to give a very thin slice to others and an enormous slice to themselves. Then they all die sooner” read more

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