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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #47178 Kane
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When    the    film    Citizen    Kane    finally    appeared    in    1941    despite    the    brouhaha    that    attended    its        delayed    because    of    distributors'    fears    of    the    harm    William    Randolph    Hearst,    its    subject,    might    do    to    them        and    largely    ecstatic    reviews,    it    was    not    a    commercial    success.    It    was    television    that    brought    it    back    to    the    public    consciousness.    It    is    perhaps    the    one    film,    above    alt    others,    that    has    inspired    people    to    become    film-makers.    This    is    all    the    more    astonishing    since    it    was    Orson    Welles's    first    film.    Welles    always    that    its    success    arose    from    his    having    no    idea    of    what    he    was    or    wasn't    allowed    to    do:    he    just    went    ahead    and    did    it.    But    he    had    an    extraordinary    team    at    his    cameraman    Gregg    Toland,    screenwriter    Herman    J.    Mankiewicz,    and    the    special-effects    wizard    Linwood    Dunn.    When    Welles    and    Mankiewicz    on    the    idea    of    portraying    a    newspaper    magnate    who    both    was    and    wasn't    Hearst,    Welles    realised    that    he    had    found    a    perfect    vehicle    for    himself    both    as    director    and    actor,    and    his    chance    with    the    energy    of    a    whirlwind.    

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