Citizen Kane, considered by many as the greatest film of all time, celebrates it's 70th anniversary with a collector's Blu-ray HD version of the classic film.

The iconic film Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles, will be released on Blu-ray on September 13th with the ultimate package, filled with historical extras, commentaries and extra films for collectors.

Citizen Kane is the No. 1 film of all time according to the American Film Institute. Welles' influential 1941 masterpiece was an innovative groundbreaker. It follows the story of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper tycoon, corrupted as he built his wealthy empire. Loosely based on real media mogul William Randolph Hearst, the story also reveals the mystery of his last words: "Rosebud."


Warner Bros. studio restored the original nitrate film with high definition clarity, in an extensive frame-by-frame process from the scanned image, according to Blu-ray.com, which gave the version a 5.0 rating.


Collectable extras in this 2-disc collector's edition include a 48-page book, a 20-page reproduction of the original 1941 program, lobby cards, the theatrical trailer, the premiere of featurettes, and deleted scenes, and unique artifacts such as a production memos.

Also included is the full-length documentary The Battle Over Citizen Kane, the Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning HBO Films' docudrama RKO 281, starring Liev Schreiber and James Cromwell. Plus Welles' follow-up film The Magnificent Ambersons is also on the DVD.

Overall this set is sure to make Citizen Kane fans very happy. This 70th anniversary edition will also be available on digital services: iTunes, On Demand, VUDU and Amazon Instant Video. 

Are you a Citizen Kane Fan? Do you consider it to be the greatest film ever made?