Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer, co-screenwriter, director and star.
The picture was Welles's first feature film.
Nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, it won an Academy Award for Best Writing( Original Screenplay) by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Welles.
Considered by many critics, filmmakers, and fans to be the greatest film ever made," Citizen Kane" was voted as such in five consecutive British Film Institute" Sight& Sound" polls of critics, and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 update.
" Citizen Kane" is particularly praised for Gregg Toland's cinematography, Robert Wise's editing, Bernard Herrmann's music, and its narrative structure, all of which have been considered innovative and precedent- setting.
The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a character based in part upon the American newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, and aspects of the screenwriters' own lives.
Upon its release, Hearst prohibited mention of the film in any of his newspapers.
Kane's career in the publishing world is born of idealistic social service, but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power.
Narrated principally through flashbacks, the story is told through the research of a newsreel reporter seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word:" Rosebud".
After the Broadway successes of Welles's Mercury Theatre and the controversial 1938 radio broadcast" The War of the Worlds" on" The Mercury Theatre on the Air", Welles was courted by Hollywood.
He signed a contract with RKO Pictures in 1939.
Although it was unusual for an untried director, he was given the freedom to develop his own story, to use his own cast and crew, and to have final cut privilege.
Following two abortive attempts to get a project off the ground, he wrote the screenplay for" Citizen Kane", collaborating on the effort with Herman Mankiewicz.
Principal photography took place in 1940 and the film received its American release in 1941.
While a critical success," Citizen Kane" failed to recoup its costs at the box office.
The film faded from view after its release, but was subsequently returned to the public's attention when it was praised by such French critics as André Bazin and given an American revival in 1956.
The film was released on Blu-ray on September 13, 2011, for a special 70 th- anniversary edition.
" Citizen Kane" was an inductee of the 1989 inaugural group of 25 films that established the National Film Registry list.
Rakka (film)
The film was released on YouTube and Steam on 14 June 2017.
Million Dollar Legs (1932 film)
Million Dollar Legs is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Oakie and W.C. Fields, directed by Edward F. Cline, produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz( co- writer of" Citizen Kane") and B.P. Schulberg, co-written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and released by Paramount Pictures.
The film was inspired by the 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, California.
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
The Battle Over Citizen Kane is a 1996 documentary film about the clash between newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst and actor/ writer/ director Orson Welles over Welles's 1941 motion picture" Citizen Kane", which is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
" The Battle Over Citizen Kane" aired January 29, 1996, as an episode of the Public Broadcast System's" The American Experience" series.
The documentary was narrated by Richard Ben Cramer, who co-wrote the program with Thomas Lennon.
The rights to" The Battle Over Citizen Kane" were acquired by Scott Free productions in 1997 and adapted into a screenplay for the 1999 HBO movie" RKO 281", directed by Benjamin Ross.
281 was the number assigned by RKO studios to identify the production internally.
Royal Tramp II
Royal Tramp II is a 1992 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel" The Deer and the Cauldron".
The film is a sequel to" Royal Tramp", which was released earlier in the same year.
Coney Island Baby (film)
Coney Island Baby is a 2003 comedy- drama in which film producer Amy Hobby made her directorial debut.
Karl Geary wrote the film and Tanya Ryno was the film's producer.
The music was composed by Ryan Shore.
The film was shot in Sligo, Ireland, which is known locally as" Coney Island".
The film was screened at the Newport International Film Festival.
Hobby won the Jury Award for" Best First Time Director".
The film made its premiere television broadcast on the Sundance Channel.
Preet Na Jane Reet
Preet Na Jane Reet is a 1966 film directed by S.Banerjee starring Shammi Kapoor and Saroja Devi as the romantic lead.
Invasion of the Neptune Men
The film was released in 1961 in Japan and was later released in the United States on television.
In 1998, the film was featured on an episode of" Mystery Science Theater 3000".
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.
Lloyd (film)
Lloyd is a 2001 American comedy film.
The film was released on May 4, 2001.

Question: Which film was released earlier, Preet Na Jane Reet or Citizen Kane?
Answer: Citizen Kane