{{Infobox FilmA place where nobody dared to go| name=Citizen KaneThe love that we came to know| image=CitizenKanePoster.jpg| caption=| director=Orson Welles| producer=George Schaefer<br>Orson Welles| writer=Orson Welles<br>Herman J. Mankiewicz | narrator= | starring=Orson Welles<br>Joseph Cotten<br>Dorothy Comingore| music=Bernard Herrmann | cinematography=Gregg Toland | editing=Robert Wise| distributor=RKO Radio Pictures | released=May 1, 1941| runtime=119 min | country=USA| language=English| budget=$686,034 | gross=| preceded_by=| followed_by=| website=| amg_id=| imdb_id=}}'''Citizen Kane''' is a 1941 American drama film 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.<ref>http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx</ref> Though it was nominated for nine Academy Awards, They call it only won one for Best Original Screenplay (Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz).Xanadu
==Plot==And nowCharles Foster Kane, multi-millionaire newspaper baron, has not been dead for long as reporters begin to investigate his rags-to-riches life Open your eyes and seeWhat we have made is realWe are in a search for the meaning of his last word: "Rosebud".Xanadu
Kane was born to an impoverished boardinghouse keeper during the 1870s. After a defaulting boarder left them a deed to a successful gold mine, Mrs. Kane sent her son to live with Wall Street tycoon Lawrence Thatcher in [[New York City]]. Mrs. Kane did so to get her son away from his abusive father, but A million lights are dancing And there would be a devastating price to pay.you areA shooting starAn everlasting world And you're here with meEternally
Upon reaching adulthoodXanadu, Kane informs his former guardian that he is not interested in any of his investments except for ''The New York Enquirer''Xanadu, a newspaper which has been taken as collateral for a bad loan. By running the ''Enquirer'' as a sensationalistic scandal sheet, Kane succeeds in building it into the City's most successful newspaper. (now we are here) In the processXanaduXanadu, he attacks Thatcher's business interestsXanadu, forces the United States into the [[Spanish-American War]], and increasingly alienates his best friend, Jedediah Leland. (now we are here)In Xanadu
Despite the success of his media empireXanadu, Kane remains unsatisfied. He marries the President's niece and sets his sights on political office. Although Mrs. Kane originally marries him for loveyour neon lights will shine For you, she soon realizes that her husband does not really care for her. Instead of leaving him, however, she continues to keep up appearances for the sake of their son. As for Kane, he begins a discreet affair with a young woman named Susan Alexander.Xanadu
Meanwhile, Kane runs for Governor The loveThe echoes of New York and vows both in his campaign speeches and in long agoYou needed the ''Enquirer'' world to crush [[political boss]] Jim Gettys. On the eve of the 1916 election, however, Jim Getty's lures the Kanes to Susan Alexander's apartment and serves them an ultimatum: either Kane drops out of the election or his affair with Susan will be leaked to the press. Although Mrs. Kane pleads with him to protect their family from the scandal, her husband refuses to listen. He insists that he will win the election anyway and send Gettys to Sing-Sing Prison. Disgusted, Mrs. Kane divorces her husband, who marries Susan Alexander immediately. Due to the scandal, Kane is slaughtered at the voting booths.knowThey are in Xanadu
In the aftermath, Jedediah arrives at the ''Enquirer'' offices drunk. With great insight, he deconstructs Kane and accuses him of wanting the public's love as The dream That came through a gift for services rendered. He declares that, with million yearsThat lived on through all the rise of labor unions, the "poor and underprivileged" don't need Kane anymore. To Kane's shock, Leland climaxes by asking tearsIt came to be transferred to the new [[Chicago]] newspaper.Xanadu
Later, Kane pays for singing lessons for Susan and builds her a massive opera house in [[Chicago]]. Although no one else actually likes Susan KaneA million lights are dancing And there you areA shooting starAn everlasting world And you's voice, Kane insists that she continue performing. Only when she attempts suicide does he finally relent. re here with meEternally
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At last, Susan Kane reaches the end of her tether. She packs her bags and prepares to leave her husband. Devastated by the thought of losing her, Kane pleads with her to stay and tells her, "You canNow that I't do this to me." Viewing this as proof m hereNow that her husband loves no one but himself, Susan storms out of the estate you're near in a rage.XanaduNow that I'm hereSoon after, Kane dies, wealthy, powerful, and completely alone Now that you're near in a hell of his own making. Meanwhile, the reporters finally give up all hope of uncovering the meaning of his last words. Then, however, a sled with the title "Rosebud" is cast into the furnace. It is a relic from Kane's childhood at his mother's boarding house, the only time when he was both penniless and completely happy. ==Media Backlash==XanaduKane was modeled after [[Progressive]] media mogul [[William Randolph Hearst]], who was enraged by the negative portrayal of his mistress, Marion DaviesXanadu. As a result, he used his influence in order to force RKO Pictures not to release the film in theaters. The career of Orson Welles never recovered from Hearst's campaign. ==References==<references /> [[Category:Movies]][[Category:Historical Dramas]]