Citizen Kane

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American film black-and-white film drama film film

Citizen Kane is a landmark 1941 American film directed by and starring Orson Welles, widely acclaimed for its innovative cinematography, narrative structure, and enduring influence on cinema history.

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Citizen Kane canonical 75
Citizen Kane (1941 film) 3
Citizen Kane (inspiration and reference) 1

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn loosely inspired by the life of William Randolph Hearst ⓘ
character Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
Emily Monroe Norton Kane ⓘ
Jedediah Leland ⓘ
Mary Kane ⓘ
Mr. Bernstein ⓘ
Susan Alexander Kane ⓘ
Walter Parks Thatcher ⓘ
cinematographyBy Gregg Toland ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Orson Welles ⓘ
distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Mark Robson ⓘ
Robert Wise ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
hasTagline "It's terrific!" ⓘ
hasTheme power and corruption ⓘ
the elusiveness of truth ⓘ
the isolation of wealth ⓘ
includedIn National Film Registry ⓘ
mainCharacter Charles Foster Kane ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
musicBy Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
notableFor complex sound design ⓘ
deep focus photography ⓘ
influence on film history ⓘ
innovative cinematography ⓘ
nonlinear narrative structure ⓘ
use of low-angle shots ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement investigation into the meaning of Kane's last word "Rosebud" ⓘ
preservedBy Library of Congress ⓘ
producer George Schaefer ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
rankedAs one of the greatest films of all time ⓘ
recognizedBy American Film Institute ⓘ
Sight & Sound critics' poll ⓘ
releaseDate 1941-05-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1941 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 119 ⓘ
screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

fictional Xanadu estate ⓘ
starring Agnes Moorehead ⓘ
Dorothy Comingore ⓘ
Everett Sloane ⓘ
George Coulouris ⓘ
Joseph Cotten ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
Ray Collins ⓘ
Ruth Warrick ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Orson Welles’s film Citizen Kane