Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced and directed by Orson Welles, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles's first feature film. Considered by many critics and filmmakers to be the greatest film ever made, Citizen Kane was voted number 1 in five consecutive British Film Institute Sight & Sound polls of critics, and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 update. Nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, it won an Academy Award for Best Writing by Mankiewicz and Welles. Citizen Kane is praised for Gregg Toland's cinematography, Robert Wise's editing, Bernard Herrmann's music, and its narrative structure, all of which have been considered innovative and precedent-setting.
| Director | Orson Welles |
| Produced by | Orson Welles |
| Screenplay by | Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles |
| Starring | Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart, Ruth Warrick, Erskine Sanford, William Alland |
| Music | Bernard Herrmann |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
| Edited by | Robert Wise |
| Production, company | Mercury Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Released | May 01, 1941 (Palace Theatre), September 05, 1941 (United States) |
| Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $839,727 |
| Box office | $1.6 million (re-releases) |
| Netflix ID | 60000605 |
About Citizen Kane
Often considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. The film follows a reporter who is assigned to decipher the dying words of a media magnate. What he uncovers is the story of a highly complex man who rose to riches from complete obscurity. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and took home the Best Original Screenplay award controversially shared between Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles.
Achievement of Citizen Kane
The story of the film's writing process and production was the focus of the 2020 biopic Mank.
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Latest information about Citizen Kane updated on July 28 2021.
