David Fincher (Social Network, Seven) is set to direct a Herman J. Mankiewicz biopic for Netflix. Mank will star Gary Oldman as the man who shared the Academy Award for Best Original screenplay with Orson Welles for Citizen Kane. The script for Mank was penned by Finchher’s late father, Howard Fincher, a former bureau chief […]
Steven Spielberg will donate the iconic “Rosebud” sled, made for Orson Welles’ landmark 1941 film Citizen Kane, to the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Spielberg told BBC Radio 1 he considered the balsa wood prop sled to be one of his prized possessions. “There were three made to burn at the […]
He offered his take on Orson Welles’ landmark 1941 film.
The test footage has remained largely unseen, except for a minute-long fragment.
The auction closes on October 25.
Plans called for a weekly TV series based on Orson Welles’ 1941 movie.
The 62-page script proposal contains Welles’ handwritten annotations.
The action star is apparently not a fan of the landmark film.
William R. Hearst III is chairman of the Hearst Corp.
The screening is set for April 6.
Peter Bogdanovich and Beatrice Welles were the guest speakers.
The screening is set for November 13.
It offers 4K resolution.
Will he whisper “Rosebud” at the next debate?
The aspheron lens attachment was reportedly used by Gregg Toland during the filming of “Citizen Kane.”
The exhibit runs through Feb. 5.
The film festival will take place July 26-31.
When the film opened in 1941, its power was not lost on film critics.
“Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker’s Journey” arrives in time for the film’s 75th anniversary.
The two-month exhibit is in the Foyer entrance.
