Monday Night Movie: "Citizen Kane"

Summer Film Series: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies 

Summer is the perfect time to check off a bucket list goal—like watching some of the greatest films ever made. This season, we’re featuring 12 iconic titles from the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies list, a celebration of the most influential American films of all time.

Handpicked by over 1,500 industry experts, these films were chosen for their impact, popularity, and lasting legacy. Whether you’re revisiting a classic or seeing it for the first time, we hope you’ll join us in honoring the magic of American cinema.

Lights, camera, summer!

This week we are showing “Citizen Kane."

“When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and his mistress, Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "Rosebud.”– Rotten Tomatoes 

Director: Orson Welles

Year: 1941

Starring: Joseph Cotten as Jedediah Leland, Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane, Agnes Moorehead as Mary Kane, Ruth Warrick as Emily Monroe Norton Kane, Ray Collins as Jim W. Gettys, Erskine Sanford as Herbert Carter, Everett Sloane as Mr. Bernstein, William Alland as Jerry Thompson,Paul Stewart as Raymond, George Coulouris as Walter Parks Thatcher, Fortunio Bonanova as Signor Matiste, Gus Schilling as John, Philip Van Zandt as Mr. Rawlston, Georgia Backus as Bertha Anderson, Harry Shannon as Jim Kane, Sonny Bupp as Charles Foster Kane III, Buddy Swan as Charles Foster Kane, and Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane. 

This movie is 1 hour and 59 minutes and is rated PG. 

Watch the official trailer.