Title | : | Citizen Kane |
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Release | : | 1941 |
Rating | : | 8.4 |
Language | : | English |
Runtime | : | 119 |
Genre | : | Drama,Mystery |
A group of reporters are trying to decipher the last word ever spoken by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: "Rosebud." The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane's life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane's life. As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man's rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the top of the world.
Herman J. Mankiewicz (original screen play), Orson Welles (original screen play)