Citizen Kane
| Citizen Kane | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Orson Welles |
| Produced by | George Schaefer Orson Welles |
| Written by | Orson Welles Herman J. Mankiewicz |
| Starring | Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Dorothy Comingore |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
| Editing by | Robert Wise |
| Distributed by | RKO |
| Release date(s) | May 1, 1941 |
| Running time | 119 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Citizen Kane is a 1941 movie produced and directed by Orson Welles, who also played the title character. Many critics have named it as the greatest movie of all time. It was also voted #1 on the American Film Institute's list of the hundred best American movies ever made.[1]
Plot
The protagonist, Charles Foster Kane, multi-millionaire newspaper baron, is not dead for long as reporters discover the rags-to-riches life he had in a search for the meaning of the last word he ever said: "Rosebud".
Media Backlash
Kane was modeled after Progressive media mogul William Randolph Hearst, who was enraged by the negative portrayal of his mistress, Marion Davies. As a result, he used his influence in order to force RKO Pictures to not release the film in theaters. The career of Orson Welles never recovered from Hearst's campaign.