Title: Citizen Kane
Runtime: 119 Min
Year: 1941
Genres: Drama - Mystery
Cast: 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
Directed By: Orson Welles
PLOT
Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Welles) 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.
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Writers: Herman J. Mankiewicz (original screenplay) & Orson Welles (original screenplay) Roger Q. Denny contributing writer (uncredited) John Houseman contributing writer (uncredited) Mollie Kent contributing writer (uncredited)
Awards:
1942- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Writing, Original Screenplay Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles (WON)
-Best Actor in a Leading Role Orson Welles (NOMINATED)
-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, A. Roland Fields and Darrell Silvera (NOMINATED)
-Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Gregg Toland (NOMINATED)
-Best Director Orson Welles (NOMINATED)
-Best Film Editing Robert Wise (NOMINATED)
-Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture Bernard Herrmann (NOMINATED)
-Best Picture (Mercury). (NOMINATED)
-Best Sound, Recording John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD) (NOMINATED)
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