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Citizen Kane Amazon Exclusive 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition + The Magnificent Ambersons on DVD Actors: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton Director: Orson Welles Genres: Drama Arguably the greatest of American films, Orson Welles's 1941 masterpiece, made when he was only 26, still unfurls like a dream and carries the viewer along the mysterious currents of time and memory to reach a mature (if a...  more »mbiguous) conclusion: people are the sum of their contradictions, and can't be known easily. Welles plays newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. The result is that every well-meaning or tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and photographed by Gregg Toland, the film is the sum of Welles's awesome ambitions as an artist in Hollywood. He pushes the limits of then-available technology to create a true magic show, a visual and aural feast that almost seems to be rising up from a viewer's subconsciousness. As Kane, Welles even ushers in the influence of Bertolt Brecht on film acting. This is truly a one-of-a-kind work, and in many ways is still the most modern of modern films from the 20th century. --Tom Keogh  « less

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Movie Details Actors: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton Director: Orson Welles Genres: Drama Sub-Genres: Drama Studio: Warner Bros. Format: Blu-ray Number of Discs: 4 SwapaDVD Credits: 8 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Edition: Collector's Edition Similar Movies Casablanca Two-Disc Special Edition Director: Michael Curtiz 177    G   2003   1hr 42min     On the Waterfront Special Edition Director: Elia Kazan 23    NR   2001   1hr 48min Casablanca Two-Disc Special Edition Director: Michael Curtiz 13    NR   2009   1hr 42min Psycho 50th Anniversary Edition Director: Alfred Hitchcock 21    R   2010   1hr 49min Rear Window Collector's Edition Director: Alfred Hitchcock 84    PG   2001   1hr 55min

Member Movie Reviews K. K. (GAMER) Reviewed on 4/13/2024... Magnificent Ambersons - A classic for some!