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Citizen Kane

1941 ★ 119 min
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Warrick
Director: Orson Welles
Writer: Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz, John Houseman
Producer: Orson Welles, George Schaefer

Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and was Welles's first feature film.

Trivia

  • Won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
  • Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
  • Won the National Board of Review Award for Best Film.
  • Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Academy Award for Best Film Editing; and 4 more.
  • Hollywood had shown interest in Welles as early as 1936.
  • In 1937, he declined offers from David O. Selznick, who asked him to head his film company's story department, and William Wyler, who wanted him for a supporting role in Wuthering Heights.
  • RKO Pictures studio head George J. Schaefer wanted to work with Welles after the notorious broadcast, believing that Welles had a gift for attracting mass attention.

Filming Locations

  • San Diego
  • Malibu
  • The first "test" shot was the News on the March projection room scene, economically filmed in a real studio projection room in darkness that masked many actors who appeared in other roles later in the film.
  • Most of the filming took place in what is now Stage 19 on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood.

Previous Showings

12 Runs • 8 Festivals

37,202 tickets sold

All runs on record (12):

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