Citizen Kane · 4K + Blu-ray

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Criterion Collection

Released 2021-11-23 · America

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Director

Orson Welles

Genre

Mystery, Drama

Sub-Genre

Psychological Mystery

Box Office

$1,627,530

Cast

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins

Runtime

1 hour and 59 minutes (119 minutes)

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What's in the box

Packaging

Special case

In the box

Includes a 44-page illustrated booklet with critic Bilge Ebiri's essay "The Once and Future Kane".

Discs

5 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO | DISC THREE | DISC FOUR | DISC TWO

Video

1.37:1 ·

Audio

other other

Subtitles

English HoH

Restoration

Scanned at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging in Burbank by Michael Borquez and Chris Gillaspie. Transfer supervised by Lee Kline at Criterion Post in New York. Color by Giles Sherwood at Criterion Post. Image research by Craig Johnson at Warner Bros. Entertainment. Audio supervised by Ryan Hullings, restoration by Michael W. Wiese, both at Criterion Post.

Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

The Film
Audio Commentary by Orson Welles scholars James Naremore and Jonathan Rosenbaum (2021)
Audio Commentary by Film Critic Roger Ebert (2002)
Audio Commentary by Orson Welles Biographer/Film Critic Peter Bogdanovich (2002)

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)

The Film
Audio Commentary by Orson Welles scholars James Naremore and Jonathan Rosenbaum (2021)
Audio Commentary by Film Critic Roger Ebert (2002)
Audio Commentary by Orson Welles Biographer/Film Critic Peter Bogdanovich (2002)

DISC THREE (Blu-ray)

The Complete Citizen Kane (1991 BBC documentary) (95:16)
Working on Kane (1990 interviews with editor Robert Wise, actor Ruth Warrick, and visual effects operator Linwood Dunn) (18:17)
On Toland (1990 interviews with cinematographers Allen Daviau, Haskell Wexler, and Vilmos Zsigmond) (15:32)
2021 program on the film’s special effects by film scholars and effects experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt (27:34)
2021 video essay by Orson Welles scholar Robert Carringer (13:52)
2021 interview with critic Farran Smith Nehme (23:06)
+ 5 more

Reframing Kane (2021 interview with film scholar Racquel J. Gates) (15:56)
1990 Interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese (7:25)
Stills Photography with commentary by Roger Ebert (2002) (11:01)
The Opening: The World Premiere of Citizen Kane (newsreel) (1:01)
Theatrical Trailer (3:47)

DISC FOUR (Blu-ray)

My Guest is Orson Welles (documentary) (42:37)
Joseph Cotten
1966 Granada Television interview (15:16)
1975 AFI speech for Orson Welles' Lifetime Achievement Award (3:02)
Knowing Welles (1990 interviews with with Henry Jaglom, Gary Graver Martin Ritt, Peter Bogdanovich and Frank Marshall) (22:24)
1996 interview with William Alland (20:49)
+ 8 more

Mercury Theatre
1988 "The Southbank Show" episode (50:48)
1979 "The Merv Griffin Show" clip (18:31)
Dracula (1938 radio play) (53:13)
Heart of Darkness (1938 radio play) (35:24)
His Honor, The Mayor (1941 radio play) (28:43)
Orson Welles: On the Nose (2017 featurette) (8:21)
The Hearts of Age (1934 short) (8:21)