Citizen Kane

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Because we get quite a few hits from people who are looking for the Orson Welles movie and not the best Michael Caine information available, we put together this short section to help out.

General resources

• IMDb profile - Full information from the Internet Movie Database
• Wikipedia: Citizen Kane - background, review and information on the influence the film has had on successive generations of film-makers
• The Battle Over Citizen Kane - PBS site surrounding their programme on the film, offering a background to the battle between Welles and mogul, William Randolph Hearst, on whom Kane was based
• The Greatest Movies: Citizen Kane - exhaustive look at the movie and its resonances [contains plot spoilers]
• Full script - read the entire script online

Selected reviews

• Roger Ebert
• BBC Films
• filmcritic.com

You can find lots more reviews over at the Movie Review Query Engine.

Orson Welles

• Wellesnet - large fansite on Orson Welles is probably the best web resource on the great man
• Welles family official site - Orson Welles' estate maintains a small site
• War of the Worlds - how Orson Welles fooled millions into believing the USA was under attack from martians

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