CITIZEN KANE

 
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USA | 1941 | 1hr 59min | Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., Mercury Productions  

Following the death of a once powerful millionaire, a reporter begins to research his life, looking for clues to the dying man's last remark, 'Rosebud.' As the reporter begins tracing the life of Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) from his early years as the ward of a wealthy banker, to his monumental career as a newspaper publisher, he interviews several of Kane's former friends and colleagues. Among them are Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotton), the paper's drama critic, Kane's devoted assistant, and Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), Kane's second wife. Their memories of the famous tycoon paint an, often contradictory, portrait of an arrogant, intelligent, sometimes generous, and impulsive individual who ended up alone and unhappy in his palatial mansion known as Xanadu.

Film introduction by Dan Doody, Programmer, Seattle International Film Festival.

SHOWTIMES & TICKETS

SAT, MAY 22 | 7:00 PM

Full Series Pass holders get reserved Full Series row seating; priority seating ahead of individual ticket holders; and discounted admission to all regularly priced screenings and Film Talks.


CAST & CREW

Director: Orson Welles

Writing Credits: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

Music: Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography by: Gregg Toland

Costume Design: Edward Stevenson

Principal cast: Dorothy Comingore, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Orson Welles

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