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Citizen Kane : a filmmaker's journey / Harlan Lebo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 362 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250077530
  • 1250077532
Subject(s):
Contents:
Citizen Kane : a recollection -- Asking for the impossible -- The beard and the contract -- The script -- The consequences of his actions -- RKO Production #281 -- A great deal of doing -- No visitors, please -- Giggling like schoolboys -- Cryptic notes of bigger hams -- Conflict -- Negotiating and placating -- Mr. Hearst -- Release -- Triumph -- Walking on the edge of a cliff -- Viewer's guide to Citizen Kane -- Cast and production credits -- Gregg Toland : "I broke the rules in 'Citizen Kane'" -- Bernard Herrmann : a conversation at the George Eastman House -- Citizen Kane : scene-by-scene guide -- The budget -- RKO soundstages.
Summary: "With the approach of the 75th anniversary of Citizen Kane in May 2016, Harlan Lebo has written the full story of Orson Welles' masterpiece film. The book will explore: --Welles' meteoric rise to stardom in New York and the real reason behind his arrival in Hollywood --Welles' unprecedented contract with RKO Studios for total creative control and the deeper issues that impeded his work instead --The dispute over who wrote the script --The mystery of the "lost" final script, which the author has in his possession, and the missing scenes, which answer questions relating to the creation of the film --The plot by Hearst to destroy Welles' project through blackmail, media manipulation, and other tactics --A detailed look behind the scenes of a production process that was cloaked in secrecy --The surprising emergence of Citizen Kane as an enduring masterpiece Using previously unpublished material from studio files and the Hearst organization, exclusive interviews with the last surviving members of the cast and crew, and what may be the only surviving copy of the "lost" final script of the film, Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker's Journey recounts the making of one of the most famous films in Hollywood history"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 791.4372 L447 Available 33111008405769
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"This book is a gold mine for fans."-- Kirkus Reviews
It is the story of a film masterpiece--how it was created and how it was almost destroyed.

It is the celebration of brilliant achievement and a sinister tale of conspiracy, extortion, and Communist witch hunts.

It is the chronicle of a plot orchestrated in boardrooms and a mountaintop palace, as a media company that claimed to stand for "genuine democracy" defied the First Amendment and schemed to burn Hollywood's greatest creation.

Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker's Journey is the extraordinary story of the production of Orson Welles' classic film, using previously unpublished material from studio files and the Hearst organization, exclusive interviews with the last surviving members of the cast and crew, and what may be the only surviving copies of the "lost" final script.

Harlan Lebo charts the meteoric rise to stardom of the twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles, his defiance of the Hollywood system, and the unprecedented contract that gave him near-total creative control of his first film. Lebo recounts the clashes between Welles and studio executives eager to see him fail, the high-pressure production schedule, and the groundbreaking results. Lebo reveals the plot by the organization of publisher William Randolph Hearst to attack Hollywood, discredit Welles,and incinerate the film. And, at last, he follows the rise of Citizen Kane to its status as the greatest film ever made.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-349) and index.

Citizen Kane : a recollection -- Asking for the impossible -- The beard and the contract -- The script -- The consequences of his actions -- RKO Production #281 -- A great deal of doing -- No visitors, please -- Giggling like schoolboys -- Cryptic notes of bigger hams -- Conflict -- Negotiating and placating -- Mr. Hearst -- Release -- Triumph -- Walking on the edge of a cliff -- Viewer's guide to Citizen Kane -- Cast and production credits -- Gregg Toland : "I broke the rules in 'Citizen Kane'" -- Bernard Herrmann : a conversation at the George Eastman House -- Citizen Kane : scene-by-scene guide -- The budget -- RKO soundstages.

"With the approach of the 75th anniversary of Citizen Kane in May 2016, Harlan Lebo has written the full story of Orson Welles' masterpiece film. The book will explore: --Welles' meteoric rise to stardom in New York and the real reason behind his arrival in Hollywood --Welles' unprecedented contract with RKO Studios for total creative control and the deeper issues that impeded his work instead --The dispute over who wrote the script --The mystery of the "lost" final script, which the author has in his possession, and the missing scenes, which answer questions relating to the creation of the film --The plot by Hearst to destroy Welles' project through blackmail, media manipulation, and other tactics --A detailed look behind the scenes of a production process that was cloaked in secrecy --The surprising emergence of Citizen Kane as an enduring masterpiece Using previously unpublished material from studio files and the Hearst organization, exclusive interviews with the last surviving members of the cast and crew, and what may be the only surviving copy of the "lost" final script of the film, Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker's Journey recounts the making of one of the most famous films in Hollywood history"-- Provided by publisher.

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