Citizen Kane

A nurse covers Charles Foster Kane’s lifeless body. (0:02)

Funeral for Kane
Narrator: "... Xanadu’s landlord was laid to rest... Charles Foster Kane" (0:04)

Adolf Hitler (0:08)

Narrator: "Emily Norton, who left him in 1916, died 1918 in a motor accident with their son.” (0:09)

Charles Foster Kane tells a reporter, referring to European leaders, "They’re too intelligent to embark on a project which would mean the end of civilization..." (0:11)

Narrator: "... death came to Charles Foster Kane."
Numerous additional references to Kane’s death follow throughout much of the film. (0:12)

Kane tells his former legal guardian Walter Parks Thatcher, "... I sympathize with you..."
”... It’s also my pleasure to see to it that the working people of this community aren’t robbed blind by a pack of money-mad pirates...” (0:26)

Newspaper worker Bernstein tells reporter Jerry Thompson, referring to Thatcher, "That man was the biggest darn fool I ever met."
Referring to Kane’s friend Jedediah Leland: ”... one of those old families where the father is worth ten million, and then one day he shoots himself...” (0:31)

Leland tells reporter Thompson, "That’s one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory... he behaved like a swine..." (0:49)

Kane tells his wife Emily Monroe Norton Kane, "It’s a matter of habit." (0:52)

Signs on store sales clerk Susan walks out of: "PRESCRIPTIONS... DRUGS..." (0:55)

Susan tells Kane, "This medicine doesn’t do a bit of good." (0:56)

Politician Jim W. Gettys: "You’re making a bigger fool of yourself than I thought you would, Mr. Kane."
Kane rages at Gettys: ”Dont’ worry about me, Getty’s. Don’t worry about me.” (1:08)

Leland tells Kane, "I’m drunk."
Kane: ”Well, if you got drunk to talk to me about Miss Alexander...”
”I’ll get drunk too, Jedediah...”
Leland: ”You’ll never get drunk...”
Kane: ”I wouldn’t worry about it too much, Jed.”
”You’re not very drunk.”
Leland: ”I am drunk.”
Kane: ”I guess I’d better try to get drunk anyway.” (1:12)

Her voice teacher Signor Matiste tells Susan, "Don’t get nervous. Don’t get nervous..." (1:26)

Kane tells Dr. Coirey, "The sedative Dr. Wagner gave her was in a somewhat larger bottle. I guess the strain of preparing for new operas excited and confused her."
Suicide attempt by overdose? (1:36)

Susan tells Kane, "A person could go crazy in this dump." (1:39)

Kane tells Susan, "... but you get into the habit"
Susan: ”It’s not a habit...” (1:41)

Kane smacks Susan in the face. (1:43)

Kane asks Susan, "Have you gone completely crazy?" (1:44)

Butler Raymond tells Thompson, "He did crazy things sometimes..." (1:47)

Kane rages. (1:48)

Thompson tells Raymond, “Sentimental fellow, aren’t you?” (1:51)

References in Casino Jack, Ghostbusters II, Mank, Nouvelle Vague, Serial Mom