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Xanadu (Citizen Kane)

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Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of the film Citizen Kane. The estate gets its name from the real ancient Mongolian city, Xanadu, known for its splendour. Built on an immense "private mountain" located on the "deserts of the Gulf coast" in Florida, Xanadu is described as being the world's largest private estate; "cost: no man can say" according to the... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    Xanadu (Citizen Kane)

    Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of the film Citizen Kane. The estate gets its name from the real ancient Mongolian city, Xanadu, known for its splendour.
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    Xanadu (disambiguation)

    Xanadu (Citizen Kane), the fictitious mansion owned by Charles Foster Kane in the film Citizen Kane
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    Citizen Kane

    Other scenes effectively employed miniatures to make the film look much more expensive than it truly was, such as various shots of Xanadu. ... | Citizen Kane |
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    Orson Welles

    After Citizen Kane ... Callow, Simon: The Road to Xanadu.
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    The Legend of Xanadu

    In Red Dwarf episode "Timeslides" (Season 3, Episode 5), an alternate dimension sees Dave Lister rich and living in a mansion named Xanadu; "not as a reference to the movie Citizen Kane, but rather as a tribute to the hit single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich".
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    Matte painting

    Notable traditional matte-painting shots include Dorothy’s approach to the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz, Charles Foster Kane’s Xanadu in Citizen Kane, and the seemingly bottomless tractor-beam set of Star Wars.
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    Mad Love (1935 film)

    Critic Pauline Kael later made comparisons with Mad Love and the film Citizen Kane, claiming much of the latter film's visual style was borrowed from Mad Love. ... Kael's charges included that both Gogol and Kane are bald, Gogol's house and Kane's "Xanadu" are similar, and that both Gogol and Kane have a pet cockatoo.
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    Down to Earth (1947 film)

    It is the same snow globe that Charles Foster Kane drops when he dies in Citizen Kane. ... The film was remade in 1980 as Xanadu.
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    Internal rhythm

    In Citizen Kane, for instance, the internal rhythm of the scene in which Kane, Leland, Bernstein, and the movers take over the offices of the Inquirer differs from the rhythm of the scene in which Kane demolishes Susan's bedroom or from the scene in which Kane and Susan spend an evening at home at Xanadu.
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    Special effect

    One early showcase for Dunn was Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, where such locations as Xanadu (and some of Gregg Toland, A.S.C.'s famous 'deep focus' shots) were essentially created by Dunn's optical printer.
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