Citizen K

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Citizen K
Citizen K poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Alex Gibney
Produced by
  • John Battsek
  • Alex Gibney
  • P. J. van Sandwijk
  • George Chignell
  • Erin Edeiken [1]
Cinematography
Edited byMichael J. Palmer
Music by
  • Robert Logan
  • Ivor Guest
Distributed by Greenwich Entertainment [2]
Release date
  • 22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)
Running time
128 minutes
LanguagesEnglish, Russian
Box office$145,969 [3] [4]

Citizen K is a 2019 documentary film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky, written and directed by Alex Gibney. [5] [6] [7] It is a film about post-Soviet Russia [8] featuring Khodorkovsky, Anton Drel, Maria Logan, Alexei Navalny, Tatyana Lysova, Leonid Nevzlin, Igor Malashenko and Derk Sauer. [9]

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Citizen K was financed by Amazon. [8] It had its world premiere at Venice Film Festival [8] and was part of the official selection at Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival. [10]

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. As of October 2021, 95% of the 59 reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average score of 7.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Citizen K sees documentarian Alex Gibney training his sights on post-Soviet Russia, with engrossing -- and unsettling -- results." [11]

Awards

Gibney received a nomination at the 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards for Best Documentary Screenplay, losing the award to his own film The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley . [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Lodge, Guy (31 August 2019). "Venice Film Review: 'Citizen K'" . Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  2. ↑ "Alex Gibney Doc 'Citizen K' Sells to Greenwich Entertainment, Will Get Oscar Push (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Citizen K (2019)". The Numbers . Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Citizen K (2019)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (3 October 2019). "Citizen K review – strange tale of the oligarch who became Putin's nemesis". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-11-09– via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ↑ Lang, Brent (28 October 2019). "Alex Gibney's 'Citizen K' Documentary About Putin Adversary Gets Trailer (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  7. ↑ Maher, Kevin (9 October 2019). "Putin's enemy Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Citizen K, the film that tells his story". ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2019-11-09– via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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  10. ↑ "British Council Film: Citizen K". film.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
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  12. ↑ Lindhal, Chris (1 February 2020). "Writers Guild Awards 2020: 'Parasite' and 'JoJo Rabbit' Win Screenplay Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 February 2020.


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