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Charles Foster Kane is a fictional character who is the subject of Orson Welles' 1941 film Citizen Kane. Welles played Kane (receiving an Academy Award nomination), with Buddy Swan playing Kane as a child. Welles also produced, co-wrote and directed the film, winning an Oscar for writing the film.
The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on American media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, as well as aspects of the screenwriters' own lives. Upon its release, Hearst prohibited any ...
Charles Foster Kane: Orson Welles: Citizen Kane: 1941 18 "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Arthur "Cody" Jarrett James Cagney: White Heat: 1949 19 "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Howard Beale: Peter Finch: Network: 1976 20 "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Rick Blaine Humphrey Bogart ...
As Charles Foster Kane, a sendup of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, Welles embodied the image of a vainglorious Great Man. But Welles’ success, according to Kael, meant he also needed ...
His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which he co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Cecilia Ager, reviewing it in PM Magazine, wrote: “Seeing it, it’s as if you never really saw a movie before.” [5] It has been consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made.
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay. Citizen Kane is frequently cited as the greatest film ever made. [1] Citizen Kane was the only film made under Welles's original contract with RKO Pictures, which gave him complete creative control.
Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of the film Citizen Kane (1941). The estate derives its name from the ancient city of Xanadu , known for its splendor. Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California , has been considered to be the main inspiration for Xanadu, due to the William Randolph Hearst /Kane comparison ...
Charles Foster Kane was born poor and was raised by a bank. — Orson Welles [ 6 ] The film is commonly regarded as a fictionalized, unrelentingly hostile parody of William Randolph Hearst , in spite of Welles's statement that " Citizen Kane is the story of a wholly fictitious character."