Citizen K Explained

Citizen K
Director:Alex Gibney
Editing:Michael J. Palmer
Distributor:Greenwich Entertainment[1]
Runtime:128 minutes
Language:English, Russian
Gross:$145,969[2] [3]

Citizen K is a 2019 documentary film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky, written and directed by Alex Gibney.[4] [5] [6] It is a film about post-Soviet Russia[7] featuring Khodorkovsky, Anton Drel, Maria Logan, Alexei Navalny, Tatyana Lysova, Leonid Nevzlin, Igor Malashenko and Derk Sauer.[8]

Citizen K was financed by Amazon.[7] It had its world premiere at Venice Film Festival[7] and was part of the official selection at Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival.[9]

Reception

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

Awards

Gibney received a nomination at the 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards for Best Documentary Screenplay, losing the award to his own film .[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-11-09. Alex Gibney Doc 'Citizen K' Sells to Greenwich Entertainment, Will Get Oscar Push (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. Web site: Citizen K (2019). The Numbers. March 6, 2020.
  3. Web site: Citizen K (2019). Box Office Mojo. March 6, 2020.
  4. News: Peter. Bradshaw. 2019-11-09. Citizen K review – strange tale of the oligarch who became Putin's nemesis. The Guardian. 3 October 2019. 0261-3077. www.theguardian.com.
  5. Web site: Brent. Lang. 2019-11-09. Alex Gibney’s ‘Citizen K’ Documentary About Putin Adversary Gets Trailer (Exclusive). 28 October 2019. Variety.
  6. News: Kevin. Maher. 2019-11-09. Putin’s enemy Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Citizen K, the film that tells his story. 9 October 2019. 0140-0460. www.thetimes.co.uk.
  7. Web site: Ryan. Lattanzio. 2019-11-09. Alex Gibney’s Anti-Putin Portrait ‘Citizen K’ Gets Awards Release From ‘Free Solo’ Distributor. 30 September 2019.
  8. Web site: Fionnuala. Halligan. 2019-08-31. 2019-11-10. ‘Citizen K’: Venice Review. Screen.
  9. Web site: 2019-11-09. British Council Film: Citizen K. film.britishcouncil.org.
  10. Web site: Citizen K (2019). Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. .
  11. Web site: Writers Guild Awards 2020: 'Parasite' and 'JoJo Rabbit' Win Screenplay Awards. Lindhal. Chris. 1 February 2020. IndieWire. 3 February 2020.

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