Image Unavailable

Image not available for
Color:

Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available
To view this video download Flash Player

VIDEO

Citizen Kane (Amazon Exclusive 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition + The Magnificent Ambersons on DVD) [Blu-ray]

Collector's Edition, Amazon.com Exclusive 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition, Amazon Exclusive Edition, Ultimate Collector's Edition

Orson Welles (Actor, Director), Joseph Cotten (Actor) Format: Blu-ray

24 ratings

IMDb8.3/10.0

Multi-Format
—

Additional Multi-Format options

Edition

Discs

Price

New from

Used from

Multi-Format
September 13, 2011

"Please retry"

Collector's Edition

—

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Herman J. Mankiewicz
3,969
Blu-ray
20 offers from $7.92
300
Blu-ray
2 offers from $24.99
Joseph Cotten
155
Blu-ray
15 offers from $19.97
Humphrey Bogart
10,792
Blu-ray
39 offers from $4.97
2,381
DVD
9 offers from $35.95
Joseph Cotten
2,591
Blu-ray
21 offers from $9.95

What other items do customers buy after viewing this item?

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Herman J. Mankiewicz
3,969
Blu-ray
20 offers from $7.92
Joseph Cotten
155
Blu-ray
15 offers from $19.97
300
Blu-ray
2 offers from $24.99
Humphrey Bogart
10,792
Blu-ray
39 offers from $4.97
Humphrey Bogart
3,756
Blu-ray
13 offers from $9.00
Jack Nicholson
3,365
Blu-ray
18 offers from $5.93

Special offers and product promotions

Amazon Business: Make the most of your Amazon Business account with exclusive tools and savings. Login now

Editorial Reviews

Orson Welles’ timeless masterwork is more than a groundbreaking film. Presented here in a magnificent 70th anniversary digital transfer with revitalized digital audio from the highest quality surviving elements, it is also grand entertainment, sharply acted and superbly directed with inspired visual flair. Depicting the controversial life of an influential publishing tycoon, this Best Original Screenplay Academy Award Winner (1941) is rooted in themes of power, corruption, vanity—the American Dream lost in the mystery of a dying man’s last word: “Rosebud.”

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.7 x 5.7 x 2.2 inches; 11.2 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Orson Welles
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Black & White
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 59 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ September 13, 2011
Actors ‏ : ‎ Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Bros.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001PIHH5M
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #240,256 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #5,472 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #12,474 in Drama Blu-ray Discs

Customer Reviews:
24 ratings

Customer reviews

5 star		56%
4 star		11%
3 star		10%
2 star		12%
1 star		11%

How are ratings calculated?

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Allan Yee

Good Personal Value

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2011

Verified Purchase

I admit I purchased this Amazon.com package more as a way to get a DVD copy of The Magnificent Ambersons than a Blu-Ray of Citizen Kane. The former is a plain Jane version and only offers language and sub-title options, however, it's the movie itself that's the important thing and the print on the DVD, though not remastered, is about the best you could hope for, and is certainly an improvement over my old VHS copy. As for Citizen Kane, the Blu-Ray image is an improvement over the previous remastered standard DVD version, which I thought in itself was pretty good. The main additional features, commentaries by Roger Ebert and Peter Bogdanovich, are carried over from the standard DVD that I have. The additional extras (a documentary, a TV movie, souvenir program and lobby cards) add to the value of the package for those without a previous copy of Citizen Kane, but as indicated above, I'm happy to finally latch onto a DVD of The Magnificent Ambersons.

11 people found this helpful

Helpful

Irwin D. Miller

The summit of creativity

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2011

Verified Purchase

The newly released 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition of Citizen Kane on Blu-ray and the accompanying Magnificent Ambersons is a complete joy for any devotee of film and particularly for any fan of the work and career of Orson Welles. This landmark film has been given the respect and attention that it clearly deserved, with beautiful packaging, excellent companion discs featuring the masterful documentary,"The Battle over Citizen Kane", originally shown on PBS, which deliniates the conflict over the shooting of the film by Welles and his Mercury Theater company including John Houseman, and the extraordinary difficulty that Welles experiences in having the film commercially released because of the subject matter, i.e. the professional and personal life of William Randolph Hearst.

There is also a terrific HBO made film entitled RKO 281, with a marvelous Liev Schreiber as Welles, and an eclectic cast including Roy Scheider, John Malkovich and Melanie Griffith. There is a superb "making of" hardcover book and lobby cards to complete the package. Most significantly, the film has been given reverential treatment commensurate with its landmark status.

It is heartbreaking to hear Welles in a 1982 archival interview discussing his theory that if he had entered politics, journalism or virtually any other field than movies, he would have had less physical and emotional turmoil than attempting to finance his personal films from the acting jobs in other directors' films; he ultimately came to the realization that he would never be able to duplicate the artistic freedom and the critical success that he achieved with Kane, although he expressed the view that Chimes at Midnight and The Magnificent Ambersons[in its original directors' cut] were superior to Kane from an artistic standpoint.

Helpful

JHB-4

Tell Ted Turner to keep his........"

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2015

Verified Purchase

Thank God that Ol' Ted did NOT :colorize" "KANE." The innovative b&w classic is superbly rendered on this blu-ray release. The bonus is the DVD of "Ambersons," the saddest case of studio butchery in film history. "Ambersons" is STILL teriffic, though.

Helpful

J. Schmidt

Blu-ray Boxset: A Much Welcomed Upgrade that Brings 'The Magnificent Ambersons'

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2011

Verified Purchase

Just in time for the 70th anniversary of "Citizen Kane," this September will see the release not only of "Citizen Kane" in 1080p HD, but also the release of the much sought after "The Magnificent Ambersons." Much has been written here about "Citizen Kane" and whether it truly deserves the title of "greatest movie ever made," so I will only say that it was an innovative film during its release that greatly impacted decades of filmmaking to come. That said, it is up to the individual viewer to decide whether they find the rise of Citizen Kane and his media empire to be "boring" or "completely enthralling."

Either way, this release brings with it an amazing extra that has yet to see the light of American home vide, "The Magnificent Ambersons." Welles' follow up to "Citizen Kane," and an adaptation of the 1918 pulitzer prize winning novel, "The Magnificent Ambersons" has widely been hailed as one of Welles' most brilliant films. This comes in spite of the fact that the studio cut the film down from Welles' 148min envisioned cut, with the cut footage presumably lost to the world since its preview release. Yet, even at a brisk 88 minutes, "The Magnificent Ambersons" still remains a remarkable tale of class and family dynamics. The film has been remastered, and will be a much welcomed DVD considering that it was previously available solely via shoddy bootleg copies and imports. The DVD will be exclusive to Amazon, but it is worth noting that it will be bundled along with the "Citizen Kane" in its own separate casing with its own UPC. In other words, it is highly likely WB will keep it as an "Amazon Exclusive" for a year before releasing it to all retailers as a stand alone release. So those who do not feel like upgrading to Blu or shelling out 80 bucks just for "Magnificent Ambersons," can rest assured that a stand-alone release will undoubtedly follow.

Aside from the much-lauded "Magnificent Ambersons," the boxset [1 Bluray/3 DVD Set (counting "Magnificent Ambersons")] will also host a bevy of other special features. These include:
~ 2 Audio Commentaries (One by Roger Ebert, the other by Peter Bogdanovich)
~ "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" (A 113min Feature Length American Experience Documentary, presented on DVD)
~ "RKO 281" (83min 1999 HBO Docudrama telling the story of Welles' battle with Hearst over the film, presented on DVD)
~ Interviews with Ruth Warrick (Actress: played Emily Norton) and Robert Wise (Film Editor)
~ Reproduction of the Original Theatre Pressbook
~ A Hardcover Book Full of Glossy Photos/Backstory/Interviews (Almost identical in composition to "The Wizard of Oz"/"Gone With the End" Ultimate Collector's Set books)
~ 10 Printed Correspondence Memo Reproductions
~ 5 Printed Lobby Cards
~ Correspondence between Welles and the Studio concerning the film
~ 2 Radio Broadcast Recordings of Orson Welles' performances
~ 1941 Movie Premiere Newsreel
~ Vintage Featurettes & Theatrical Trailer
~ Storyboard Gallery
~ Photos/Ads/Memorabilia Gallery
~ Uncompressed Monaural Audio

30 people found this helpful

Helpful