Citizen Kane
Americannoun
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Last time's winner, Vertigo, claimed the second spot, while Citizen Kane was third.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2022
We have not really had a Citizen Kane of the digital age, but Musk might be it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
Citizen Kane beats the Cute One: Orson Welles had a magnificent voice, and in 1982 he won the Grammy for best spoken word, documentary or drama recording for reading the sci-fi novel “Donovan’s Brain.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
I want to make films that stand the test of time, because they are the films that I like the most: "Citizen Kane," "The Godfather," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2022
In 1939, John Houseman joined Welles in Hollywood and helped edit the Citizen Kane script.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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