CZTZZEN KANE: PLOT SEGMENTATION

C. Credit title

1. Xanadu: Kane dies

2. Projection room:

a. “News on the March”

b. Reporters discuss “Rosebud”

3. El Rancho nightclub: Thompson tries to interview Susan

4. Thatcher library:

a. Thompson enters and reads Thatcher’s manuscript

b. Kane’s mother sends the boy off with Thatcher

First flashback c. Kane grows up and buys the Inquirer

d. Kane launches the Inquirer’s attack on big business

e. The Depression: Kane sells Thatcher his newspaper chain

f. Thompson leaves library

5. Bernstein’s office:

a. Thompson visits Bernstein

b. Kane takes over the Inquirer

c. Montage: the Inquirer’s growth

Second flashback d. Party: the Inquirer celebrates getting the Chronicle staff

e. Leland and Bernstein discuss Kane’s trip abroad

- f. Kane returns with his fiancee Emily

g. Bernstein concludes his reminiscence

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6. Nursing home:

a. Thompson talks with Leland

Third flashback b. Breakfast table montage: Kane’s marriage deteriorates

c. Leland continues his recollections

d. Kane meets Susan and goes to her room

e. Kane’s political campaign culminates in his speech

Third flashback f. Kane confronts Gettys, Emily, and Susan

g. Kane loses election and Leland asks to be transferred

h. Kane marries Susan

i. Susan’s opera premiere

j. Because Leland is drunk, Kane finishes Leland’s review

k. Leland concludes his reminiscence

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7. El Rancho nightclub:

a. Thompson talks with Susan

b. Susan rehearses her singing

c. Susan’s opera premiere

d. Kane insists that Susan go on singing

e. Montage: Susan’s opera career

Fourth Flashback f. Susan attempts suicide and Kane promises she can quit singing

g. Xanadu: Susan bored

h. Montage: Susan plays with jigsaw puzzles

i. Xanadu: Kane proposes a picnic

j. Picnic: Kane slaps Susan

- k. Xanadu: Susan leaves Kane

l. Susan concludes her reminiscence

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8. Xanadu:

a. Thompson talks with Raymond

Fifth flashback b. Kane destroys Susan’s room and picks up paperweight, murmuring “Rosebud

c. Raymond concludes his reminiscence; Thompson talks with the other reporters; all leave

d. Survey of Kane’s possessions leads to a revelation of Rosebud; exterior of gate and of castle; the end

e. End credits