Citizen Kane

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an American film (1941), directed by and starring Orson Welles.

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How to use Citizen Kane in a sentence

He titles that screenplay American, but it eventually becomes Citizen Kane.
David Fincher’s new movie Mank is a broadside against Hollywood self-congratulation|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
The first layer of this movie is a decades-long argument over who is actually responsible for the masterpiece that is Citizen Kane.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
Hearst — who is played in Mank by Charles Dance — wasn’t dead when Citizen Kane came out in 1941, but otherwise the contours of his life were eerily similar to Kane’s.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The feisty airline is the brainchild of entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian of Indian descent who also is a British citizen.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Congress unanimously passed a bill to make Bernardo de Galvez an honorary citizen of the United States in 2014.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive|Ben Jacobs|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eventually Julio made the decision to become an American Citizen, and even voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 election.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We see a system that will indict a 20-year-old for selling crack but not a police officer for choking the life out of a citizen.
Bobby Shmurda and Rap’s Ultimate Hoop Dream|Rawiya Kameir|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now what should college give the young citizen, male or female, upon the foundation of schooling we have already sketched out?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The average citizen of three generations ago was probably not aware that he was an extreme individualist.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The goods are all valued according to the amount of time used in their making and each citizen draws out the same total amount.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
So speaks the ideal official dealing with the ideal citizen in the dream life among the angels.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock