Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
- Won 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 13 nominations total
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- TriviaDespite all the publicity, the film was a box-office flop and was quickly consigned to the RKO vaults. At the 1941 Academy Awards, the film was booed every time one of its nine nominations was announced. It was only re-released to the public in the mid-1950s.
- GoofsDuring the picnic scene towards the end, Welles had to shoot against a back-projection because a location shoot was too costly and time-consuming. The stock footage used for the exterior was taken from King Kong (1933), hence on closer inspection the four birds that fly by are in fact very definite pterodactyls. RKO told Welles to take the pterodactyls out of the shot, but he liked them, and decided to keep them.
- Quotes
Mr. Bernstein: Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don't look forward to being cured of.
- Crazy creditsIn a very rare move the director's credit is shown on the same card as the cinematographer's. This was Orson Welles's personal decision to show his thanks to cinematographer Gregg Toland for his enormous contributions to the film, meaning equal rights.
- Alternate versionsThe Italian-language version cut an overwhelming number of scenes, leading to "complete" versions of the film to be circa half of the time in English and only the remaining half in Italian.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Projectionist (1970)
- SoundtracksIt Can't Be Love
(uncredited)
Written by Charlie Barnet and Haven Johnson
Arranged by The King Cole Trio
Performed by Raymond Tate, Buddy Collette, Buddy Banks, CeePee Johnson, and Alton Redd
Featured review
The Man Who Would Be King...
There's a man who had the world within his grip, he was the captain and director of his ship, built an empire through the news, no one challenged or refused, but such ego is quite blind to slips and trips. It all began when a young child was pulled away, from normality, from sanity, from his play; to become manipulator, fabricator, a dictator; and every day, people would pay, for what he'd spray. Without distractions he may well have been crowned king, taking everything and more that he could win, but the heart can override, lead to diatribe, broadside, and a palace becomes a prison, and he's locked in.
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- Also known as
- El ciudadano Kane
- Filming locations
- Busch Gardens - S. Grove Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA(Xanadu Grounds, demolished)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
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- Budget
- $839,727 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,627,530
- Gross worldwide
- $1,704,974
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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