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Citizen Kane
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Drama, Mystery - 1941
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Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, 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.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
119 min
Release date:
17 Apr 1941
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$839,727
Revenue:
$23,218,000
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 13 nominations total

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It is still the best place I know of to start thinking about Welles -- or for that matter about movies in general.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
6 Apr 2007
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Welles has found the screen as effective for his unique showmanship as radio and the theatre.
– John C. Flinn Sr.,
Variety,
6 Apr 2007
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Many of the novel techniques Welles developed with cinematographer Gregg Toland were calculated to offer new angles on film space.
– Ben Walters,
Time Out,
30 Oct 2009
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An ecstasy of light and shadow, of clashing textures and graphic forms, such as hadn't been seen since the silent era.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Sep 2012
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It can be classified as, in a number of aspects, one of the most arresting pictures ever produced.
– Edwin Schallert,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan 2013
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