Citizen Kane

Summary

Citizen Kane is a film^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.16% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,936 views/month, #149 of 94,065).^[2]

Key Facts

• Citizen Kane received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay^[3].
• Citizen Kane received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films^[4].
• Citizen Kane received the National Board of Review Award for Best Film^[5].
• Citizen Kane's video is recorded as Citizen Kane Trailer (1940).webm^[6].
• Citizen Kane's image is recorded as Citizen Kane poster, 1941 (Style B, unrestored).jpg^[7].
• Citizen Kane's image is recorded as Citizen Kane poster, 1941 (Style A).jpg^[8].
• Citizen Kane's instance of is recorded as film^[9].
• Citizen Kane's director is recorded as Orson Welles^[10].
• Citizen Kane's screenwriter is recorded as Orson Welles^[11].
• Citizen Kane's screenwriter is recorded as Herman J. Mankiewicz^[12].
• Citizen Kane's screenwriter is recorded as John Houseman^[13].
• Citizen Kane's composer is recorded as Bernard Herrmann^[14].
• Citizen Kane's genre is recorded as drama film^[15].
• Citizen Kane's genre is recorded as fiction film^[16].
• Citizen Kane's genre is recorded as flashback film^[17].
• Citizen Kane's genre is recorded as biographical film^[18].
• Citizen Kane's genre is recorded as mystery film^[19].
• Citizen Kane's cast member is recorded as Orson Welles^[20].
• Citizen Kane's cast member is recorded as Joseph Cotten^[21].
• Citizen Kane's cast member is recorded as Ruth Warrick^[22].
• Citizen Kane's cast member is recorded as Everett Sloane^[23].
• Citizen Kane's cast member is recorded as William Alland^[24].
• Citizen Kane's cast member is recorded as Paul Stewart^[25].
• Citizen Kane's cast member is recorded as George Coulouris^[26].
• Citizen Kane's cast member is recorded as Dorothy Comingore^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Orson Welles^[28] and George Schaefer^[29]. Citizen Kane's director is recorded as Orson Welles^[10]. Screenwriters include Orson Welles^[11], Herman J. Mankiewicz^[12], and John Houseman^[13]. Cast members include Orson Welles^[20], Joseph Cotten^[21], Ruth Warrick^[22], Everett Sloane^[23], William Alland^[24], and Paul Stewart^[25].

Publication

Publication dates include +1941-05-01T00:00:00Z^[30], +1946-07-03T00:00:00Z^[31], and +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z^[32]. Citizen Kane's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English^[33]. Genres include drama film^[15], fiction film^[16], flashback film^[17], biographical film^[18], and mystery film^[19]. Part of include Vatican's list of films^[34], an educational canon^[35], founded in 1995^[36] and National Film Registry^[37], an educational canon^[38], in United States^[39], founded in 1988^[40].

Reception

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay^[3], an award for best screenplay^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1941^[43]; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films^[4], a film award^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1929^[46]; and National Board of Review Award for Best Film^[5], a class of award^[47], in United States^[48]. Reviews include 8.2/10^[49], 9.7/10^[50], 100/100^[51], 99%^[52], and 4.2/5^[53].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Citizen Kane include Citizen Khan^[54], a television series^[55] and Orsonwelles polites^[56], a taxon^[57].

Why It Matters

Citizen Kane ranks in the top 0.16% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,936 views/month, #149 of 94,065).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[58] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[59]

Entities named for it include Citizen Khan^[54], a television series^[55] and Orsonwelles polites^[56], a taxon^[57].

FAQs

What awards did Citizen Kane receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay^[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films^[4], and National Board of Review Award for Best Film^[5].