Citizen Kane

Anybody who know’s anything about film was expecting this film to be in this collection. Citizen Kane tells the story of an incredibly wealthy newspaper magnate through flashbacks. Orson Well’s created a film unlike any seen before with groundbreaking cinematography and storytelling techniques and has gone down in history as the most influential film of all time. Above all, Citizen Kane is remarkable for the story it tells about what it means to find true fulfillment in life.

Production

Directed by Orson Welles

Produced by Orson Welles

Screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins

Music by Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography by Gregg Toland

Edited by Robert Wise

Production company: Mercury Productions

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures

Release date: May 1, 1941 (Palace Theatre,) September 5, 1941 (United States)

Running time: 119 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $839,727

Box office: $1.6 million (1991 re-release)