Citizen Kane was directed by and starred Orson Welles. The groundbreaking film is
often considered the greatest of all time. It was the first feature film for Welles and was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories. It won an Academy Award for Best Writing (original Screenplay) by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles. Citizen Kane topped
the AFI’s 100 Years – 100 Movies list and the 10th Anniversary Update, as well as all
of the Sight & Sound polls of the 10 greatest films for nearly half a century. 

Orson Welles shown arriving at the premier of Citizen Kane at RKO
Palace on Broadway in New York. 

Daniel (Michael Blake) Day-Lewis is an English actor with both British and
Irish citizenship. His portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989) and
Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007) won Academy and BAFTA
Awards for Best Actor, and Screen Actors Guild as well as Golden Globe
Awards for There Will Be Blood. His role as Bill “The Butcher”Cutting in
Gangs of New York (2002) earned Lewis the BAFT Award and a Screen
Actors Guild Award. He is known to remain completely in character for the
duration of a film shoot.

Actress Uma Thurman has had leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from
romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Among
her best-known performances are those in the Quentin Tarantino films Pulp
Fiction (1994), for which she received an Oscar nomination, and Kill Bill
(2003). She won a Golden Globe Award for her role in HBO’s Hysterical
Blindness (2002). Uma will be a member of the jury for the main competition
at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

Actress Michelle Pfeiffer She made her screen debut in 1980, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Scarface (1983). Her prominent
films include Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Batman
Returns (1992), and The Age of Innocence (1993). Michelle Pfeiffer has won
numerous awards for her work, including the Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress-Motion Picture Drama for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) which
also resulted in a nomination for an Academy Award. She received a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.

The actress, singer-dancer Ann-Margret became famous for her starring
roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963),Viva Las Vegas (1964), and The Cincinnati
Kid (1965). Her later career includes character roles in Grumpy Old Men
(1993), and Any Given Sunday (1999). She has won five Golden Globe
Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards,
a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. On August 21, 2010,
she won her first Emmy Award for a guest appearance on the NBC program
Law & Order: SVU.